Fw: [CW] Ghost on 40 meters....???

[dory]

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the informative reply, it must have been someone
fooling around on 40 meters, however it was nice to hear
the US Coast Guard call even though it was fictitious.

It must have been someone on the East coast as it was very strong...

73

VE1DS

Tom Chirhart wrote:

> Here is a bit of info on NERK,
> ---NERK Old CW group call, obsolete---
> if this is an old obsolete CW group call, then I'm old, I used it on CW nets
> as late as 1976 on an old USN destroyer, about the time the WRT-1 MF CW
> transmitters were replaced with the WSC-3 satellite transceivers, and we no
> longer had the capability of answering any traffic on 500KHz, we just kept a
> log of the silent periods on 500KHz, left a WRR3B receiver tuned to 500..
> NERK Basic meaning "All stations this net" if my memory doesn't fail me.
> Here is a great website to view, has great info
> http://www.ominous-valve.com/acronyms.txt
> As for NPN, That was assigned to Guam, was disestablished on 30 Jun 2000.
> They sent their last CW signals long ago.  The Cost Guard Radio Station on
> Guam was NRV.
> ZWC was a Z signal we sent prior to sending an operator to operator note,
> (FYI) it's not listed in the July 1953 ACP 131 Communications Instructions
> Operating Signals that I have but I know it's in the later editions which I
> don't have.
> The US Coast Guard has been silent on CW for years, the Radioman rating was
> long ago renamed the Telecommunications Specialist (TC) and plans are now to
> merge the rating with others to make it the Operations Specialist rating
> (OS), just a bit confusing with the Navy OS rating.
> 73
> Tom K4NCG, RMC USCG Retired.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dory" <burro@auracom.com>
> To: <cw@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2002 6:19 PM
> Subject: [CW] Ghost on 40 meters....???
>
> > QRG  7020 KHZ
> > Time: 2245 gmt
> >
> > This evening while tuning around on 40 M as above I
> > heard the following
> >
> > transmission with an extremely  strong signal...
> >
> > VVV VVV VVV de NPN NPN NPN
> >
> > They then sent ZWC ZWC ZWC  as well as NERK ?????
> >
> > Heard the above several times then went QRT....
> >
> > I looked up the old Z code and ZWC means wipers
> > ???or clicks here.
> >
> > I thought the US Coast Guard was QRT on CW????
> >
> > Anyone else hear this or have any explanations???
> >
> > 73
> >
> > VE1DS
> >
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