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

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 07:48:04 -0600 (CST)

Or else you got into a Twilight Zone version of Long Delayed Echoes

WB9LTN

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, dory wrote:

> 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" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > 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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