[50mhz] Mystery QSB recording of 50.079.96

[Ed]

sounds like a bad speaker connection to Me..

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Bessler" <kg0wx at cox.net>
To: <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "Dave KC0EMK" <kc0emk at yahoo.com>; <FT-857 at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:53 AM
Subject: [50mhz] Mystery QSB recording of 50.079.96


> Monday night I heard a strange effect on a 6m beacon some
> 81 miles away. It sounded like a bad antenna connection
> or AGC pumping. I tried everything from bypassing SWR
> meters and coax switches, turning off my AGC, using
> differant antennas, no help.
>
> I asked a nearby station if he heard the QSB - he didn't.
>
> Yesterday, without changing anything, the QSB was gone.
>
> If you have a mp3 player (who doesn't?) and want to d/l
> a 939 kb file, you can hear a recording of the "mystery"
> QSB effect I was hearing monday night. It's at:
>
> http://members.cox.net/kg0wx/
>
> I posted this to another list and the suggestion was that
> lightning was doing it. I've never heard of lightning "helping"
> a signal before. There was a thunderstorm between my
> station and the beacon that night.
>
> Anyone care to listen to the recording and help me under-
> stand what was going on?
>
> Thanks for everybody's help!
>
> Just my 2¢ worth... 73's es gd dx de Ken KGØWX
> Grid EM17ip, Flying Pigs #1055, Digital On Six #350,
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