Topband: BY Dragon S-9

[Tom Rauch]

> Second morning in a row this radar has wiped out the band 
> so I can't
> hear the US East coast at their sunrise. Loud here in 
> Alaska, wideband
> noise that sounds like a diesel truck idling in the 
> driveway.
>
> The Icom 781 blanker and width control doesn't touch it. 
> The bandscope
> shows a solid signal S-9 signal across the screen and 
> getting louder as
> I type this.


I'm still looking for a wide band recording of that noise. 
It would probably have to be made with a SDR or something 
that has a bandwidth of 50-100khz or more.

It might be possible to blank, but I can't tell for sure 
with the recordings I have.

73 Tom