[Scan-DC] 159.240

Sat Aug 18 10:41:37 EDT 2018

If you have digital recordings, open them in a program like Audacity. It
will easily visualize the dashes and dots.

-Eric

On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 9:37 AM John Wilson <w4uvv at comcast.net> wrote:

> Here is a trick I have used for over 25 years when trying to id cw id
> transmissions from any audio source.  I use an old SONY handheld
> portable cassette tape recorder.  I place the recorder powered on and in
> the record mode at normal speed close to the speaker..  Then I rewind
> the tape when finished or want to stop it..  Then I cheat. I play it
> back in the sloooooow playback speed option.  It's never failed me yet.
> I bet these fancy expense smartphones can't do that.
>
> John
>
> Binstockj wrote:
> > Time to learn CW, Ken.  Since it is no longer tested, you can learn
> without pressure.
> >
> > Jonathan
> > NK3D
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Aug 17, 2018, at 9:02 PM, Kenneth Fowler via Scan-DC <
> scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Couldn't tell you what the id was
> >>
> >> Kenneth Fowler
> >> KD4IIW
> >>
> >>   On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 8:28 PM, Andrew Clegg<
> andrew_w_clegg at hotmail.com> wrote:   Couldn’t you just look up the
> licensee from the callsign being sent in CW? That would be an unambiguous
> determination of the source.
> >>
> >>> On Aug 17, 2018, at 8:25 PM, Andy <along at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Kenneth,
> >>>
> >>> That is the input frequency for most of the State of MD's Natural
> Resources PD repeaters, most of which are most likely still in use in much
> of central and western MD as the FiRST system still is rolling out there.
> It is also the repeater output frequency for West Virginia's Department of
> Forestry in the south-eastern portion of the state which of course borders
> Virginia.  Given both area's mountainous terrain, it would be entirely
> possible you're receiving the identifier from one of those agency's distant
> towers.  Any chance of catching a PL or other tone code with it?  I realize
> many systems automate the CW ID's outside of the established PL's or tone
> codes used for voice transmissions.
> >>>
> >>> -Andy L.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
> On Behalf Of Kenneth Fowler via Scan-DC
> >>> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2018 7:50 PM
> >>> To: Scan DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
> >>> Subject: [Scan-DC] 159.240
> >>>
> >>> I am hearing a cw id on this frequency in Fredericksburg. The only
> license I can find is Culpeper county.  Anyone else confirm its use?
> >>>
> >>> Kenneth Fowler
> >>> KD4IIW
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