Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

[Gary K9GS]

I was going to make the same comment.  I would think that very high in 
the band, above 3575, would make a LOT more sense.


On 11/8/2013 7:22 AM, Lennart Michaelsson wrote:
> Hi all,
> Just curious: How come that people operate Ham beacons in a bandsegment that
> we have agreed to be used for DX traffic only? What is the purpose?
> 73
> Len
> SM7BIC
> "
> The beacon that you mention (what I assume I'm hearing around 3.500.9 this
> morning between 1130 to 1200 UTC) is on a lower frequency (approximately
> 0.9 Khz lower) than what I was previously hearing, it's much weaker than
> what I had been hearing, and it's heading is much different from my previous
> measurements.  Using my 3 pennants I would say the signal from what I assume
> is the w4hbk beacon is a little West Of South from my location (my first
> estimate this morning put it around 190 degrees, and QRZ.com says w4hbk is
> 186 degrees from my location), and this is much different than my previous
> measurements that typically were from 128 to 140 degrees and 150 degrees at
> the most)"
>
> Just FYI,
> Don (wd8dsb)
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73,

Gary K9GS

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