[[CW] Interesting (?) Beacon...any ideas?]

Thu, 5 Jun 2003 09:21:56 -0500

Well, this took a little digging, but the "mystery prosign" is the semicolon
(;) sent _._._.
Very strange, maybe they were really wanting the slant bar _.._. which would
then make the message "9/11 GOOD RIDANCE OATH OF DEATH/"
And I thought CW was free of this kind of stuff....

73,

John WB9OFG

-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Farrell [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 9:07 AM
To: Tony Martin; [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [[CW] Interesting (?) Beacon...any ideas?]

Perhaps the sender means "9/11" instead of "9KR11".  Were you able to get a
bearing on the signal?

Tony Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Good Morning Gang,
> This morning while downing my first cup of java, I was tuning around on 30
> meters.
> Came across a signal on 10106.40 (on my TenTec OMNI 6+), auto cw at about
> 15+WPM.
> First heard at 0959Z and then at 5 minute intervals.  Here is the text:
> 9KR11 GOOD RIDANCE OATH OF ETERNAL DEATH (Followed by prosign) -.-.-.
> The 9KR11 is a bit unusual as it is sent 9 -.-.-. 11 (the same sequence as
> the ending prosign).  The word RIDANCE is spelled as such vice RIDDANCE?
> 
> The signal at first was about S1-2 (on a basically dead band) and now
> approximately
> one hour later it is now S7 and appears to be increasing.  I am located in
> northwest
> Georgia.
> 
> Any thoughts?  The phrase may have some significance to someone out there,
> but
> not me?
> 
> Thanks...
> Tony, W4FOA
> Chickamauga, GA
> 
> 
> Watch your thoughts; they become words.
> Watch your words; they become actions.
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>                          -Frank Outlaw
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of David J. Ring Jr - N1EA
> Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 7:46 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [CW] Marine Propagation test
> 
> 
> I am not sure if this is on CW or SSB with a CW i.d. but I thought some of
> the list members might wish to participate, or observe:
> 
> ===================================================
> From WGM Central Florida ====
> 
> This weekend I will be testing a CWID beacon on 4439.5 Mhz USB, with the
> call sign WGM repeated 3 times every one minute.
> On the even minute it transmits a Horizontal dipole, located 52 feet off
the
> ground, a NVIS design antenna.
> On the odd minute it switched onto a 26 ft vertical antenna, with
> counterpoise to resonate at the desire frequency and radials extending
into
> a 32000 sq. acre lake in Central Florida.
> Lat/Long of this beacon is 27.23N 081.19.785 W
> This beacon is design for marine vessels to get a better handle on the
> serious propagation on short skip conditions.
> Your assistance is much appreciated.
> For this weekend only, you can send reports to [email protected] or to this
> address.
> Thank you,
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Dr. John Gregory/W3ATE
> CruiseEmail
> P.O.Box 667318
> Pompano Beach, Florida
> 33066
> [email protected]
> 
> 
> ==============================
> de   David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA
> http://www.qsl.net/n1ea
> http://www.qrz.com/callsign?callsign=n1ea
> 
> -30-
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