[Lowfer] FMT Doppler

[John Davis]

>Had a glorious time with Doppler shift last night when trying to do the
>ARRL Frequency Measuring Test. I can usually copy W1AW on all bands, but
>last night was an exception. 80 meters was good as always, but I never
heard
>them on 40. The signal was smeared over +/- 2 Hz on 20 meters, so I just
>guessed at an average. 15 meters was a riot. I could HEAR the Doppler shift
>on the rare pings of strong signal. The result was spread over at least +/-
>5 Hz, and there was no concept of a center. The darn thing was even making
>"WA"-style sloping lines on the screen!


They scheduled the test just in time for the return of our old "friends,"
sunspot regions 486 and 488, and just after 484 pitched a fit too.  Could be
a messy couple of weeks again, though I doubt that any of these clusters
will be as active as last time around.

John D