What is this radio signal at 896 megahertz?I tried to look up what would use that frequency, and all I found was a Motorola CLB station. What is a CLB station?There is also the possibility the clock is out of tune, and this signal is not really 896 megahertz. But it is spot-on at 896, which seems to be a center frequency for something. Does that indicate the clock is in tune? Or are radio band assignments, and tuning failures, narrower than the resolution of this image?What is some other common signal out there which, if present, would reveal the tuning of the clock?

Here for you frequency scanning list896.000 - 901.000 SMR/Business/Industry - mobile (12.5 kHz steps)It's typically the mobile phone band. Try to scan the LF to ULF band it should be interesting too

part of that frequency are used for cell phones and also "radiolocation"maybe CLB is a new name for CB (as in CB radio ?), no idea

I read a huge web page about it, but nowhere did it say what it actually does.QuoteThis article takes you through a photo tour of the Motorola MSF5000 UHF station, in particular, these three units: A 110w digital-capable repeater in a 37-inch tall cabinet A 75w digital-capable base station in a 26-inch tall cabinet The control tray on a 110w analog repeaterAdditional photos show a 150w 896 MHz trunking repeater and its high-stability oscillator. There are also some pictures of assemblies from VHF stations where they differ from the others.System 1 was the subject of most of the photos and was the basis for most of the article. The tour follows a top-down, or outside-in approach. Pictures start with the cabinet and work their way into the station as deep as I could go to show the major components. Some items will be mentioned before their turn comes up in the tour; just bear with me and read the text again after you've been through it once. (That's one problem with the top-down method.)This article will NOT be an in-depth memory dump of everything I know about these stations nor everything anybody else knows. First, I am not an expert. Second, I've only repaired or worked with five UHF stations in the past few years and may not have encountered every possible configuration. Third, the photo tour is meant to give the viewer enough information to determine whether the station is digital-capable or analog, and to recognize the major components. If you have one of these stations, go buy the manuals now while they're still available.For those of you who are in too much of a hurry to read the entire article, here is a short summary of the major differences between the two model series:Analog (CLB) Digital-Capable (CXB, etc)Older, less desirable Newer, more desirableUsually less expensive Usually more expensiveProgrammed via EPROM Programmed via a serial portUses suitcase programmer Uses a PC, RSS and a RIBLong reprogramming cycle Short reprogramming cycleCan't do secure (encryption) Can do secure (encryption)No 7-segment LED display 3-digit 7-segment LED displayMechanical potentiometers Electronic potentiometersMultiple remote control boards One set of boards for all appsLimited diagnostics Extensive diagnostics

QuoteOriginally posted by: edouardCLB acronym research doesn't return useful results.or maybe here it stands for "Combat Logistics Battalion" (US Marine Corps), and Farmer would then be spying a military communcations ! :-)I thought maybe given the contex(something) locator beacon ?( or something location beacon)

configurable logic blocks ?

CLB = Cranium Loading Broadcaster?

QuoteOriginally posted by: outrunnot to mention896=7*2^7 = 2*2*2*2*2*2*2*(2*2*2-1)But is it the sum of two primes? And what about arctan(896)? I smell trouble!

OK, guys, enough kidding around -- here is the real explanation.Right smack in the middlepi/4 + 0.111 GHZVEGA

During my thesis I had a similar problem, to identify a parasitic RF signal at 1 MHz. And it was pretty intense between 50 and 65 dB above the background noise. Any ideas would be welcome (this is not an AM radio signal and I think it's a bit too low frequency to be an airport radar).

1MHz is very low for Radar, unless it is some form of Over the Horizon stuff. Most Radar is the GHz range to get the resolution. Looks like it is medium wave radio to me. Why do you not think that it is AM?