[CQ-Contest] 40M "Woodpecker"

[BobK8IA@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/17/05 9:26:01 AM US Mountain Standard Time,  
N7MAL at CITLINK.NET writes:

Bob somewhere very recently there was an article about  this new radar. 
Unfortunately senility is setting in and I can't find it. What  I remember is it is 
a project being tested by the Australian Gov't. The web  pages that reference 
the tests have been 'pulled'.
For information there have been several occasions over  the last few months 
on 75m when the usual morning path to the Pacific has been  completely useless 
due to this new OTHR. Some of the 'old-timers' have tried  the old trick of 
matching their keyer speed to the pulse rate but it had no  effect.
Good Luck in AA.



Hi Mal.....What I was hearing, and confirmed by several others here  in CADXA 
with decent 40m directionality, was definitely not peaking towards VK.  
Pointing towards JA/BY/DS etc (310 or so) peaked the woodpecker and then going  to 
VK (240-270) dropped the signal several s-units. This was using a fairly  
clean pattern 3 el 40m yagi. This was repeatable throughout the 5 hrs I  listened. 
 
AA Test will be messy. Maybe I'll do something else. ;-)  

73, Bob  K8IA
nr The Superstition Mtns
Arizona, USA


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