R: Topband: R: fishing buoys

[Luis Mansutti IV3PRK]

>
> I don't think that these signals are from buoys...no ID at all, just
strange
> series of dashes. I remember hearing it since I started on 160m as a
> teenager back in 80's. So far I don't know what these signals are good
for.
>
> 73's and seasons greetings
>
> Miro OM5RW

Miro,
You are right!
Thanks to all the replies I got with info on fishing buoys, I should say
they are something else...
Now, since thursday 19th, they disappeared again, after 3 nights of QRM, but
also the path to Japan has gone down here.
In any case these signals are more pronounced when the DX conditions are
well open towards Far East Asia and they are spreading only on the JA
portion of the band, never above 1.825 khz.
They seem to be originated from a single source and spread out with a random
sequence of kcs, (one or two) as those strange series of dashes are
everywhere the same with no ID.
Next time I will try to monitor them better.

Merry Christmas and an happy new year.

Luis IV3PRK