[CW] Weird CW signals

[Donald Kemp]

Not making any sense.
Tried to let fldigi copy it but it was just garbage.

Would spread spectrum look like that?

On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 5:50 PM John <johnk5mo at gmail.com> wrote:

> That's the ones!
>
> They've been on and off 40M for some months now.   If you try and copy
> what sounds like CW at times, you'll notice that it repeats.
>
> John K5MO
>
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM Donald Kemp <nn8b.oh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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