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Fundamental AcousticsLaboratories / Est. 1958

Persistent Signal Catalog · Class III

The quiet band

A narrow region of the spectrum that drops measurably below the surrounding background on an irregular schedule -- an apparent absorption rather than an emission.

A narrow region of the spectrum that drops measurably below the surrounding background on an irregular schedule -- an apparent absorption rather than an emission.

Deterministic representative spectrogram with 64 time slices and 22 frequency bins. Bright horizontal bands indicate persistent narrow-band energy in this illustrative reconstruction.time slicefrequency bin
Fig. 1 Representative spectrogram -- A retained narrow-band behavior model for public review.
Source
FAL-PSC-2016-1044-PUB
As of
2026-06-04
Method
Illustrative public visualization; raw station records are not reproduced.
Public packet
  • absorption-window summary
  • background comparison field
  • calibration drift rejection
  • public sky-field marker
Review controls
Coordinate source
Night Watch public coordinate review
Uncertainty
Broad review field; published marker denotes analysis center, not a resolved source
Release state
Public review field open

Processing notes

  • background subtraction against adjacent spectral lanes
  • independent instrument comparison for calibration drift
  • public-field centroid rounding
  • schedule review against maintenance and weather ledgers

Ordinary-source checks

  • maintenance and station schedule review
  • ordinary-source exclusion summary
  • release review before public posting

Release limits

  • the published marker is an analysis center, not a source position
  • raw calibration logs are retained internally
  • public updates are limited to field-level status changes
Public release note

Released as a public review field because its coordinates are stable enough for browsing but too broad for source attribution.