Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

[Ray Benny]

I have a Hi-Z RX 4sq system with 0 degrees at due north. At 0205Z today
(2Nov) the signal was about S7 NE and S6 SE. With QSB the SE signal would
almost equal the NE direction, but never louder. I have been listening on
and off since then, its now 0820Z, signals are weaker but the NE directions
is slightly louder.

I do not know how to interpret the signal direction, but my guess would be
slightly north of east from here???

My QTH is 15 miles north of Prescott, AZ, 34 44.390 N by 112 29.049 W.

Ray,
N6VR
Chino Valley, AZ


On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 12:46 AM, Tom W8JI <w8ji at w8ji.com> wrote:

> This is looking like somewhere near the Florida/Georgia border,
>> Jacksonville, Fl to Brunswick, Ga area.
>>
>>
> The wave angle here at 0700Z is pretty high, so that makes it either a
> high angle radiator with multiple hops or fairly close (but far beyond
> groundwave). This makes it difficult to be exact on heading, but a reading
> just now still runs in a line from my house crossing somewhat north of
> Brunswick, GA to maybe as high as Blackbeard Island. (My mapping ability is
> limited, so I am just eyeballing this.) I'm reading about 2 degrees more
> north of what I was earlier, now centered on about 128 degrees, again with
> tolerance of several degrees because of wave angle and constant changing of
> the path. This is difficult to read accurately because heading moves around.
>
> I will see how it is around noon. I'm pretty sure it will be readable in
> daylight.
>
> One possibility is a Ham who works CW and has accidentally left his rig
> locked on. The abrupt disappearance around sunset was interesting. Someone
> flip a switch off for a while? I'm suspecting this is a Ham mistake.
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