[50mhz] Mystery QSB recording of 50.079.96

[Anthony W. DePrato WA4JQS]

At 08:23 PM 4/27/2005 -0600, Bill VanAlstyne, W5WVO wrote:
>Anthony W. DePrato WA4JQS wrote:
>
>We need to be careful here.  :-)  We haven't yet determined whether we're
>talking about a "suppressed" wave or an "enhanced" wave. Just as a gut 
>reaction,
>I'm betting on the latter.
>
>this is true and until we do i would not want to make a statement but i 
>will say that i agree with you on the latter.
>
>the only other plausible
>explanation for this is an intermittent RF connection at the beacon site that
>manifests as degraded antenna coupling.

i have seen this also and it can be a very nerve racking problem. with the 
swr shut down gear .(sand state) hi hi... i have seen both reduced output 
and total shut down. in this case it would be reduced output.


>Might be a good idea at this juncture for somebody to contact the beacon owner
>and ask him if there have been any known RF path problems at the site. Ruling
>that out, and assuming the recording represents a true enedited profile of the
>phenomenon, I don't see any other explanation than some naturally-occuring
>propagational process -- like lightning.

yes i would like to hear from him also on this and would like to see a wx 
sat view of the area between the beacon and the two receiving stations.. 
one of the things that interests me about the lighting deal is that the 
other station did not seem to have the qsb . here again we need all the 
facts on both stations. ect. anyway it has made for an interesting thread. 
reminds me of some of the weird things i heard while at sea and flying with 
the navy. i always liked to tune the radio ops gear to the ham bands and 
play hi..
73 Tony wa4jqs
p.s. if anyone has a copy of the book on a Yasue FT 2800M that i could copy 
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