[Lowfer] " TEST " CW on 136.745 KHz

N1BUG paul at n1bug.com
Thu Dec 27 20:58:12 EST 2018


Hi Andy,

That is K2ORS beacon. He has been running it on and off for a while
now. Without the static it is 579 here during the day and varies
from 559 to 599 after dark with night time QSB.

73,
Paul N1BUG


On 12/27/18 8:53 PM, Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> While testing my receive of JT9-5 on 136 KHz, I kept hearing what
> sounded like slow CW buried in the noise.. With ARGO, I
> determined the frequency to be 136.745 KHz.. The signal was on
> during the 00:00 UTC hour for sure. It started a sequence with "
> test test test " ( figured out after several sequences ), after
> that, the signal was being obliterated by storm static.. I could
> make out what seemed to be a call containing " 2S " , several
> O's, A's, and T's. The signal disappeared after 01:00 UTC. It
> will be interesting if I catch this signal again on a night that
> doesn't have 40 over S-9 static crashes..
> 
> 73:
> 
> Andy - KU4XR 
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