Tonight (11/21) around 0040Z I saw a signal pop up on the panadapter. Tuned to
it and its 3B9/M0CFW calling CQ. 15dB or more above my noise floor. I couldn't
believe how solid and loud they were. After amp came on line I called and
worked them. During the wait time I did a quick internet search to see if is
indeed a real station. Yep.
What amazed me, and still does, is absolutely NO rbn or packet spots during the
at least 5 minutes they were on. And no other callers. Even after I spotted
them on packet and the kst chat page.
I have no explanation for this. Why no rbn spots? Why no other callers when
they were very solid for almost the whole time they were calling CQ? Was this
an example of very small spot light prop? There were others on so its not like
no one was tuning the band. Baffling.
Below is a screen shot of their signal. they are in the red area. Received on
my homebrew 8 antenna circle array with no preamp.
Perhaps someone out there has an explanation.
Ron
N4XD
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