[CW] Weird CW signals

[John]

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On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 5:53 PM Donald Kemp <nn8b.oh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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