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Here's a recording of what it transmits (just a carrier, probably modulated by voltage fluctuations from the solar panels as it tumbles): https://www.youtube.co

• Johnny555 11y ago
  Interestingly, the article says that the signal was picked up by an amateur in North Cornwall (in the UK?) in 2013, but the video you linked to was posted in 2012 by a ham from Brazil.
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  • petecooper 11y ago
    >(in the UK?) Correct. I live near Bude, north Cornwall, UK and can confirm this. Local attractions include GCHQ Bude[1], TAT-3[2], TAT-14[3], CANTAT-1[4], Apollo[5], TAT-8[6], AC-2[7], EIG[8] and GLO-1[9]. Unrelated but relevant: Henry Bottinger, former AT&T big cheese and author of possibly the finest book I've read on getting your point across to an audience[10], lives a few hundred metres up the road from me. Nice guy, too. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCHQ_Bude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCHQ_Bude [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-3 [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-14 [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANTAT-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CANTAT-1 [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_(submarine_communications_cable) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_(submarine_communicatio... [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAT-8 [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-2_(cable_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC-2_(cable_system) [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIG_(cable_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIG_(cable_system) [9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLO-1_(cable_system) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLO-1_(cable_system) [10] http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moving-Mountains-Letting-Others-Things/dp/0020792506 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moving-Mountains-Letting-Others-Thin...
    • zatkin 11y ago
      Did you mean "Henry M. Boettinger"? http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2011/2/14/AT&T-Archives-1976---To-Communicate-Is-The-Beginning http://techchannel.att.com/play-video.cfm/2011/2/14/AT&T-Arc...
      • petecooper 11y ago
        Yes, that's him. We occasionally chat about mundane things at the local store. Alzheimer's disease hasn't been kind, so he needs some friendly help and assistance from time to time.
        • zatkin 11y ago
          That's so sad, sorry to hear about that. :(
    • bpye 11y ago
      Still seems strange to see somewhere so close to home mentioned here. Always feels like the middle of nowhere when I'm in the area.
    • philiphodgen 11y ago
      Book ordered. Thanks for the suggestion. Out of print, so a second hand copy off Amazon had to suffice.
      • petecooper 11y ago
        Happy to help. There was a period from ~2003-2008 when I was looking for _any_ copy of the book, 'new' copies were absurdly expensive and even the well-used versions were upwards of 40USD. Then I moved to Cornwall, met the guy and he gave me a copy from his stash.
• mstade 11y ago
  That's a great combination of visualizations, looks kind of like a waterfall.
  • LesZedCB 11y ago
    That's what it's called[1] :) http://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/889/what-is-a-waterfall-display http://ham.stackexchange.com/questions/889/what-is-a-waterfa...
    • mstade 11y ago
      Cool, I learned something – thank you! :o)