[Boatanchors] All boatanchors defeated. What was it?

[howard holden]

 Probably DX pileups.

There's currently a pileup from 7020 up to around 25-26 for 3C0L on 7019. Not at all uncommon.

Howie WB2AWQ

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> On Oct 15, 2017, at 6:49 PM, Dale Parfitt <parinc1 at frontier.com> wrote:
> 
> The watering hole for FT-8 is 7040KHz.
> 
> Dale W4OP
> 
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> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rob Atkinson
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2017 9:36 PM
> To: McDonald, J Douglas
> Cc: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] All boatanchors defeated. What was it?
> 
> I wonder if it was that new digital mode FT8 or something.
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
> 
> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 8:19 PM, McDonald, J Douglas <jdmcdona at illinois.edu>
> wrote:
>> I'm a listener only on my boatanchors.
>> 
>> Tonight all of them were totally defeated. Up until right now, 755 PM 
>> CDT, there was some something going on on 40 meters, between roughy 7020
> and 7025 kHz CW.
>> I abruptly stopped.
>> 
>> A smaller version continues on 7010-7013.
>> 
>> Every few seconds a dense cluster of CW signals appeared, sending call 
>> signs, then stopping all dead. They were typically 100 Hz apart, not 
>> on a grid, so some were as close as 25 Hz.
>> 
>> Even the R390a with at 100 hZ and the audio filter could nowhere near 
>> separate them .. and my ear barely could even with that help.
>> 
>> My Airspy at 40 hZ bandwidth and 1000 order filter could do the job,
> barely.
>> At 40 Hz ringing got fairly bothersome at the high speed.
>> These had to be computer generated signals because of the time clustering.
>> 
>> Some sort of contest?
>> 
>> A new fad?
>> 
>> Doug McDonald
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