[CQ-Contest] [Contest] Fwd: Re strange signal

[Charles Wooten]

N4WLO is in Mobile 


From: "Courtney Judd" <k4wi at k4wi.net> 
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Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2022 6:04:52 PM 
Subject: [Contest] Fwd: Re [CQ-Contest] strange signal 

well here is an answer that makes sense.... thanks Duane.... 73s Cort K4WI 


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Date: 	Sat, 18 Jun 2022 17:37:16 +0000 (UTC) 
From: 	Duane - N9DG [ mailto:n9dg at yahoo.com | <n9dg at yahoo.com> ] 
To: 	[ mailto:k4wi at k4wi.net | k4wi at k4wi.net ] [ mailto:k4wi at k4wi.net | <k4wi at k4wi.net> ] 

Cort, 

That signal is MSK144 meteor scatter mode that's part of WSJT-X. I have seen that signal for weeks now whenever the band opens to that part of the country. It decodes as: "VV N4WLO EM50", over and over again. 

The grid EM50 would put it in the New Orleans area. 

For whatever reason they are running it more as a beacon vs. actually trying to make a QSO. 

73, 
Duane 
N9DG 

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