[Boatanchors] Five Letter Group CW Station

[Sandy]

There is a station that does the same thing just below the 49 meter SWBC 
band.  They can be very strong here too in SE Louisiana.  Usually a contious 
carrier modulated by about an 800 HZ. tone.

8125 is in the old marine band.

73,

Sandy W5TVW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Stewart" <cwopr at embarqmail.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:52 PM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Five Letter Group CW Station


>I was just (+/- 2:30pm est) tuning around with the HQ-140X, looking for 
>CHU, when I ran across a very strong station sending five letter code 
>groups on MCW at maybe 20wpm around 8125 kc. The signal strength was 
>against the pin with no QSB, well maybe a few db. They stayed against the 
>pin for maybe ten minutes then sent a few ARs and SK and stopped 
>sending....carrier still up 15 mins later with no modulation. I suppose 
>this is one of the 'spy' stations I've seen bits and pieces about over the 
>years plus I've heard them before. My question is does anyone have any idea 
>where the station might be. I'm in the midst of Ft. Bragg, Seymour Johnson 
>and Marine bases along the coast of NC..plus who knows what else. It was 
>just so strong and steady it got me to wondering. They may not be close to 
>me, but the propagation path was really good .. ..Bill K4JYS
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