Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

[Eric Rosenberg]

Funny that this should come up. My daughter Lina is part of the crew on the
SSV Corwith Cramer, sailing (135ft, 2-master) that left Woods Hole, MA on
October 13, sailing due south to Bequia (the Grenadines) and finishing up
in St. Croix.

This is a scientific (i.e., research)  vessel --Lina's and environmental
sciences student). While ship has lots of electronics, I haven't been able
to find any specifics other than that they have Inmarsat phone and data,
and an Argos satellite transmitter (beacon) on a buoy.

We'll be meeting her in St.Crox in 3 weeks. I'll I'll look around and find
out what they have.

The latest position I have for them is

Thursday 31 October 2013
Position: 20° 33.4’ N x 058° 45.4’ W
Heading: 174° True
Speed: 5.5 knots, motor sailing under the two staysy ls
Weather: Wind ESE Force 4, cumulous and cirrus cloud cover, air temperature
29.5°C

Yesterday:

Wednesday 30 October 2013
Position: 22° 30.5’ W x 58° 39.2 ‘W
Heading: 174° True
Speed: 3 knots, sailing under all fore and aft sail
Weather: Wind SE Force 3, Swell 6 feet

73,
Eric W3DQ
Washington, DC
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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:45:14 -0400
From: "Tim Duffy" <k3lr at k3lr.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

I know this is the TopBand reflector - but there has been a carrier on
3501.4 for the past few days - that needs some DF work.

It peaks at 150 degrees from K3LR so South South East. It is S9 this evening

Any ideas on what it is and where it is coming from?

73,
Tim K3LR

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Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 23:37:57 -0400
From: "Tim Duffy" <k3lr at k3lr.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

There appears to be a second carrier coming from the same direction on
3503.1. It is not as strong as the one on 3501.4. So whatever is going on -
two steady carriers are on the low end of 80 CW.

73,
Tim K3LR