[CW] Weird CW signals

[Donald Kemp]

I amseeing them on
7041.50 kHz
7048.50 kHz  with a digital sig like ft8
7061.50 kHz  with a digital sig like ft8
7068.50 kHz

On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM John <johnk5mo at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is some sort of very slow wide shift FSK .
>
> I've seen it reported elsewhere and heard it here too.
>
> John K5MO
>
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 5:07 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <djringjr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > People are reporting these strange CW signals across the 40m band.
> >
> > Weird CW signals
> >
> > Perhaps they are trying to emulate a mechanical key with no audio
> control (although a vertical wouldn’t sound like that)
> >
> > But what could be a purpose?
> >
> > Another weird thing is that those sigs are present on four frequencies
> simultaneously with S9+:
> >
> > 7041.50 kHz
> > 7048.50 kHz
> > 7063.00 kHz
> > 7070.00 kHz
> >
> > Weird CW on 40m.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this?
> >
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-- 
73,
Don, NN8B
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