[Lowfer] EMP

[Andy - KU4XR]

Jay:

I'll divuldge this much:  Darwin is running a Curry EXP-1750 transceiver.
It is mounted outside at the base of his antenna, inside an Igloo plastic
doghouse.. The transmission sequence is accomplished by an mp3 player
into the Mic. jack.. Transceiver accounts for the frequency drift..

73:

Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN. USA

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--- On Sun, 1/16/11, jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: jrusgrove at comcast.net <jrusgrove at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] EMP
> To: k3siw at sbcglobal.net, "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 8:23 AM
> Garry
> 
> Thanks for the update on 'moving target' EMP ... your
> previous reports had him spotted at .560 and 
> .563 and now .539. Think I may have spotted him about 10 Hz
> away from your last known frequency 
> 1130 - 1200Z this morning. Unfortunately, the LWCA lowfer
> chart doesn't have useful info on his 
> mode(s) of operation but from what I gather it's cw with an
> ssb identifier. What I'm seeing is about 
> a 3 second carrier followed by what appear to be spaced out
> cw IDs for the first minute. This is 
> followed by what appears to be continuous modulation for
> the next minute ... and then it repeats the 
> two minute sequence. So far, using very narrow filters,
> I've been unable to pull out a callsign ... 
> but of course I don't know what he's sending (assume EMP)
> and don't know the ID speed is to get the 
> cadence down. If this is him, the three second carrier
> paints a decent line on propagation peaks. 
> Pity he doesn't try QRSS 3 or 10 - the signal seems stable
> enough for those modes.
> 
> Don't give me any more info to go on ... just let me know
> if on the right track. Will probably 
> invest a few more sunrises looking for him if I'm heading
> in the right direction. The 'moving 
> target' aspect adds another dimension to the hunt! If you
> correspond with him, tell him I'd be 
> willing to buy him a crystal of his choice ;~)
> 
> Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2
> 
>