Cqtestk4xs@aol.com wrote:
> I'm in the process of getting up and running on 160....40 radials (so far)
> hooked to a 90 foot T-topped vertical. All day long on 1846.5 is a
> station sending RA9 and then a three second carrier. Sunset is approaching
> and
> it's getting louder. No Beverages here so no way to determine the direction.
> Anybody know what it is? Fishing buoy?
>
> Bill KH7XS/K4XS
>
Yep. Fishing buoys, or more properly "drift net buoys." It's the 21st
century's answer to Loran....but not nearly so annoying....unless they
are right on top of a weak one that you are trying to dig out of the
background using all of your DSP and ESP combined. I think you just
have to get used to them as they aren't going to go away. They
typically are running 8 watts or so and can be found between 1.6 and 4
MHz. Too many of them seem to be between 1.8 and 2 MHz, however.
73,
--
Ken K4XL
k4xl@arrl.net
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