[Elecraft] Any OO's on reflector?

al_lorona at agilent.com al_lorona at agilent.com
Tue Dec 21 02:43:16 EST 2004


I was up in the novice band again tonight, calling CQ (with no answers). I heard some weird signals. 

The weirdest is on exactly 3700.00 LSB; exactly every 40 seconds, a recording of Yosemite Sam saying, "Varmint, I'm-a gonna blow you to smithereens!!" Can anyone else hear that?

But aside from this unidentified signal, there are many other mystery signals. For example, I planted myself on 3720 and halfway through my CQ I heard a weak carrier. I paused, thinking it was somebody trying to break me, but nothing. This happened on several other frequencies between 3700 and 3723 or so. It was as if I was triggering an automated station with my signal. At one point, I was lighting up these weak carriers and 'long dash' stations as I tuned down from 3720, leaving a trail of them in my wake. Does anyone know what these are?

No wonder nobody goes into the Novice band anymore! What an unpleasant experience.

Al W6LX



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