Subject: Ham Radio And UFO's. 
April 9, 2011.

  This gives some information about how you might talk to the people
in UFO's using your Ham radio equipment.

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RADIO WAVES
by Ray L-rsen
2011
(all rights reserved)
An article from the MARCH 2011 issue of THE STAR BEACON.
HAMs' Contact with UFOs
If you manage to make a contact with them, that would be your most rare
QSO, dream of it, some times the dreams might come real, just keep
dreaming and pay a great attentions to the signals you receive on your
radio, do not ignore a strange signal, that might be it !!!!!
From Rashid, A71AN, a HAM operator in Qatar. He has posted some
interesting videos on the dxqsl.net site ( URL below+]). Though his
English may not be perfect (many HAMs speak English as a second
language), he certainly expressed the dream of many HAM operators,
including myself. Since the lower frequency radio waves can travel
around the planet, HAMs are always contacting their counterparts in
other countries. Many great international friendships got started with a 
chat
on the radio. HAMs realize that we are all in this together, they routinely 
put
aside political, r-ligious and other differences to accomplish bigger and
better things. Most HAMs are the friendliest people you'll encounter,
regardless of the country they live in. They self-organize nets on a given
frequency at a set time for many purposes or subjects of discussion.
Seems to me that radio contact with the occupants of a UFO will naturally
happen with a HAM operator.
Let's say that you are a HAM operator who wants to contact a UFO. What
frequency would you use to call (transmit) on? That depends on what
frequency the UFO's radio receivers are listening on. We don't know if they
even have a radio receiver. Chances are they do, but we have no way to
know the proper frequency.  HAMs have the use of many bands spread over
the entire radio spectrum. Some of the bands are narrow, others are wide
with room for many conversations. (See the band plan on the arrl Web site 
link
below.) When a HAM wants to find another HAM to talk (QSO) with, he or she
would tune their transceiver to the Calling Frequency of the band they are 
on.
For example, on the 80 Meter band, 3.885 MHz is the AM calling frequency,
3.985 MHz is the SSB calling frequency. There are also calling frequencies
for FM and the numerous digital modes. Once you have established contact,
you will move (QSY) to a nearby vacant frequency to continue the
conversation so the calling frequency is again available for others to use.
What we need is a UFO calling, frequency!
Several weeks ago, I wrote to four people whom I thought might have some
information about contacts between HAM operators and UFOs. The first
was Art Bell, W06BB. He has been a HAM operator since the age of 13 and
currently holds an Extra class license granting all privileges on all
the HAM bands. Currently, he uses a Philippine call, 4F1AB. So far, there 
has
been no reply from Mr. Bell. Next, was Brian Vike, who manages the
sightings.com
Web site for Jeff Rense. So far, no reply from Brian. George Filer of 
Filer's
Files also received my message, but so far, no reply from George.
They either had no information to pass on, or were too busy. You can hear
them both monthly on Rense Radio.
The only reply I received was from Peter Davenport (KE7JUR) of the National
UFO Reporting Center. He wrote, I have no idea whether HAMs may have
communicated with the occupants of UFOs, but if they have, I am not aware
of it. However, what I do suspect is that they have bounced radio signals 
off
of them.
I'll bet he is right about that. Peter is a regular guest on both the Jeff 
Rense
radio program and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory. I always look
forward to his next appearance, just can't miss them. Peter has devoted
many decades to the UFO enigma, building up a huge database of sighting
reports, including one from yours truly.
During last month's interview with Jeff Rense, Peter talked about his
Passive Radar paper, presented at the MUFON Symposium in Denver last
July. Having had some experience with radar in the US Navy, I had to go
read it. Peter has a wonderful idea here, just use the link below to 
download
the paper in PDF format. Most people are familiar with radar. Every major
airport, both military and civilian, has one. To track airplanes, the radar
antenna rotates while sending out pulses of microwaves. The narrowly
focused beams travel out at C, the speed of light. When the energy hits an
aircraft (or other object) a small portion of it reflects back toward the
airport antenna, which is listening during the time between the transmitted
pulses. Electronic circuits and computers then analyze the returned
signal, computing the speed, altitude, course and distance of the airplane
which is displayed on screens in the control tower. This is called Active
Radar.
UFOs have a spotty record on active radar. Some are easily picked up,
while others seem to have a cloaking deviceering them invisible to
radar. Peter Davenport's idea is to make use of the RF energy emitted all 
the
time by commercial FM radio stations. Unlike active radar, this energy
is not pulsed or directed in a narrow beam. It is present all the time and
radiates from the station's transmitter antenna in all directions.
Commercial FM stations are usually quite powerful, 50,000 to 100,000 watt
transmitters are commonly used.
All that is needed to implement Passive Radar is a group of receivers that
are shielded (such as by mountains) from the direct transmitted signal. No
HAM or other FCC license is needed for operating receivers.
If a UFO (or airplane) flies by, some of the energy from the FM station is
reflected down towards the ground and picked up by the receivers. Signals
from the receivers can be fed into a fast computer for analysis. The end
result will be detection of UFOs in the atmosphere or as far out as 27,000 
km.
It looks to me like all we are waiting for to make this a reality is 
software. I
hope a genius coder will soon volunteer to write the software. Once
implemented, anyone with the equipment and software will be able to track
UFOs (un-cloaked) in real time!
Peter's paper explains this very clearly, including diagrams, so please 
download
and read it.
When meteors enter Earth's atmosphere, traveling at very fast speeds, they
leave trails of ionized gas which reflect radio waves.
The HAM term is Meteor Scatter and it is an extreme sport for some HAMs.
Using VHF (2 meters, 144MHz) and 440 MHz (short range bands) on up to the
microwave (GHz), HAMs take advantage of this, trying to bounce their signal
to another HAM thousands of miles away. Unfortunately, the trails fade after
a few minutes. In his message, Peter stated, If HAMs can bounce gigaHertz
signals off aircraft or communication (please see articles in QST magazine),
we certainly should be able to do the same with UFOs. Yes, some UFOs
produce ionized air in their vicinity, which serves to increase the 
reflection
of a signal. It is possible that many such HAM contacts are the result of
bouncing off a UFO instead of a meteor trail!
HAMs who do this kind of work generally use 5 to several hundred watts into
a directional antenna pointed at the potential UFO.
If the UFOs are detecting this, perhaps sending messages on VHF, UHF and
microwave frequency bands to get their attention would be worth a try. This
may eventually lead to the Calling Frequency we are looking for.
I have found
YouTube.com
to be a valuable resource for viewing UFO footage taken by witnesses, so I
wondered if there would be any videos of UFOs taken by HAMs. If you visit
YouTube, type in ham radio ufo contact and click SEARCH. Next, you'll see a
list of videos; try Alien Contact (2/10) FRIENDSHIP. This one was posted by
Jaime Maussan and is worth watching. While it is playing, a list of similar
videos appears on the right, including several more by Jaime.
HAMs occasionally hold Field Day, an excercise in communication from remote,
often wilderness locations. The video UFO Seen Over Pocklington From
Garrowby Hill was taken by a group of HAMs out on a Field Day.
Try typing in ham radio alien contact, then SEARCH.
Alien Radio signal receieved by Amateur Radio Operator? is a good result
to click on.
Don't waste your time on UFO Radio Contact.
Watching Strange signal on 14.250 MHz reminds us of Rashid's (dream come
true) statement at the beginning of this column! There is much more to
explore on YouTube, so try some searches using your own terms.

If you are interested in becoming a HAM operator, there is plenty of help
available. If you have a neighbor with an antenna farm, go knockin on their
door. Chances are, he or she will be happy to help you get started. Your
local Radio Shack store likely has the names of HAMs in your area. Tests are
given by VECs (Volunteer Examiner Coordinators). To find out the where and
when of the next local test; the ARRL has a Web page, link below, with much
useful information to get you started.
Next month, we will find out what, if anything, MUFON has to say on this
subject. If I hear anything back from Mr..Bell, Mr. Vike or Mr. Filer, along 
with
some updates on the major radio programs, I will report on it in next 
month's
Star Beacon.

Internet resources:
http://earthstar.tripod.com/TSB_dir/2011/www.dxqsl.net/showthread.php?t387
http://www.arrl.org/band-plan-1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Bell
http://www.sightings.com/
http://www.nationalufocenter.com/
http://www.nuforc.org/
http://www.renseradio.com/
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/

John Winston.  johnfw@mlode.com