[50mhz] [VHF] Name this sound

[James M. Walker]

Is this "Es" term you are using referring to Sporadic "E"? The terminology 
is starting to suffer
greatly here? FWIW

Jim
WB2FCN/WD2XSH-22


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les Rayburn" <les at highnoonfilm.com>
To: "David Kozinn, K2DBK" <dkozinn at gmail.com>; <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>; 
<vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [50mhz] [VHF] Name this sound


> David,
> It’s JT6M, one of the modes in the WSJT suite. It’s normally used for EME 
> work and/or long distance tropo work. I’ve made several contacts using the 
> mode when E’s were marginal. My only wish is that more VHF Men would 
> embrace the digital modes...it sure makes things easier on the little 
> guys.
> 73,
> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> EM63nf
> 121 Mayfair Park
> Maylene, AL 35114
>
> 6M VUCC #1712
> Grid Bandit #222
>
> From: David Kozinn, K2DBK
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:52 PM
> To: 50mhz at mailman.qth.net ; vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu
> Subject: [VHF] Name this sound
>
> This evening, I've heard a sound on 50.260 that I haven't been able to
> identify. I'm not familiar with all the digital modes so this might be
> something relatively simple, but I couldn't find a clip online that 
> matched
> it, nor could I figure out which of the many modes available in DM780 
> (part
> of Ham Radio Deluxe) could decode it. The audio lasts for just under 30
> seconds and seems to repeat after 30 seconds of silence, so I was thinking
> it might be a weak-signal mode but it's very wide and didn't match 
> anything
> in WSJT that I could find either.
>
> Rather than try to describe it, I've posted a full "cycle" of the sound up
> on my website (since I didn't know if I could post an attachment here).
> Here's the link: http://k2dbk.com/50.260.mp3
>
> Can someone let me know what this is? Thanks!
>
> 73,
>     David, K2DBK
>     k2dbk.com
>     k2dbk.blogspot.com
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