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Mode

Frequency Range (kHz)

Bandwidth (kHz)

Shift (Hz)

Number of Tones

Key Features

Sources

Recording

Spectrum Image

Non DATA Modes

 

Communications Modes

USB

All Frequencies in the HF Range

Typically 2.4 to 3.0 kHz, can be wider or narrower

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

No carrier present in Spectrum, audio typically bunched to towards the left (low frequency)

World wide

USB recording link here

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LSB

All Frequencies in the HF Range

Typically 2.4 to 3.0 kHz, can be wider or narrower

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

No carrier present in Spectrum, audio typically bunched to towards the right (low frequency)

World wide

LSB recording link here

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AM

All Frequencies in the HF Range

Typically 2.6 to 10.0 kHz, can be wider or narrower

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

Carrier present in center of signal, audio mirrored left and right of the carrier

World wide

AM recording link here

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Non Communications Modes

PLUTO Radar

8000 to 38000

3 to 40 kHz, depending on specific operating conditions

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

FMCW transmission, presenting a wide signal equal to the swept (chirp) width, sweep rate creates a pulsed sound affect

British Sovereign base of Akrotiri, Island of Cyprus

PLUTO recording link here

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16 x 64 Sounder (unofficial name)

Below 4000 to above 30000

3 kHz

Not Applicable

Not Applicable

FMCW transmission, changes sweep rates in 16 steps, resulting in 16 different sounds per transmission

Unknown

16 x 64 Sounder recording link here

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Mode

Frequency Range (kHz)

Bandwidth (kHz)

Shift (Hz)

Number of Tones

Key Features

Sources

Recording

Spectrum Image

DATA Modes

 

FSK

STANAG 4491 FSK

All Frequencies in the HF Range

0.85 kHz (850 Hz)

850 Hz

2

Appears as two lines on waterfall, separated by the shift, normally encrypted

Used by NATO forces world wide

4491 FSK recording link here

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CIS 36-50, BEE, T-600

All Frequencies in the HF Range

0.085 to 0.500 kHz (85 to 500 Hz depending on mode)

85, 125, 250, or 500 Hz, only one shift used at a time

2

Appears as two lines on waterfall, separated by the shift, normally encrypted

Used by Russian or Russian supplied forces, a mode of the T-600 modem

CIS 36-50 recording link here

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MFSK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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