[HoustonHam] Yosemite Sam.

[chasm at texas.net]

I am totally ignorant on the subject but it
kinda sounds like the way a propagation beacon works but without the step
descending volume.  are beacons licensed? (told you I was ignorant about
these... do not remember beacons back in the 50s, etc)

just wondering.
chas
K5DAM


>> The station transmits a brief signal in DSB (no carrier) on 4 frequencies
>> - 3700 (yes, in the middle of 75/80 meter band), 4300, 6500 and 10500 kHz.
>> The signal consists of an 800 msec data burst of some sort followed by
>> Yosemite Sam saying "Varmint, I'm a gonna blooooow you to smithereenies".
>> The signal appears on 3700 kHz, then ten seconds later on 4300 kHz, then
>> ten seconds later on 6500, then ten seconds later on 10500.  It then
>> repeats the cycle on 3700.  So it appears on any one freqnency every 40
>> seconds.
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>> Various people are analyzing the data burst.  It apparently isn't just a
>> buzz and does have information that changes with each round.
>>
>> The signal appeared sporadically at various times late last year, then
>> stopped on December 23.  It reappeared a couple days ago and has been
>> going non-stop ever since.
>>
>> It appears no one in the spynumbers group has a beam antenna for any of
>> those frequencies.  So I'm wondering if anyone here with a 40 meter beam
>> can give a general heading for the signal on 6500 kHz?  Maybe someone with
>> a 30 meter beam can do the same on 10500 kHz.
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ



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