Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

[Bill Aycock]

You think the frequency selection is stupid? Take a look at their 
objective. --Super Slow CW.  10 hours for a QSO.
A QLF contest has more Pizazz  and makes more sense.
Bill--W4BSG

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom W8JI
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:32 PM
To: Rick ; topband at contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

What a stupid frequency for a test beacon of any type!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <nm3g at triad.rr.com>
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 4:57 PM
Subject: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW


> Good evening all,
>
> Hate to burst the theories, but it appears the "carrier" on 3501.6 MHz is 
> a QRSS beacon operated by W4HBK.
>
> I used Spectrum Lab and selected the 1-second dit in the "Quick Settings" 
> tab, Slow Morse Reception (QRSS) menu selection. The carrier drops about 6 
> Hz from the "space" to the "mark" and decode with the eye. Inter-character 
> spacing is a dit, intra character spacing is a dah .... both are on the 
> "space", or higher tone. Idle period is also the "space" tone.
>
> I dropped W4HBK an e-mail to get further information on this beacon ... he 
> is also operating a QRSS beacon on 30 meters. His reply was:
>
> "Hi, Rick.  Tnx for the report.  I am using  an eight second dot period 
> and transmitting on a frequency of 3500.8 with a frequency shift of 5 Hz. 
> You can see details of my mept at my blog: 
> http://pensacolasnapper.blogspot.com/2011/07/my-new-dds-mept.html
>
> It is built around the DDS VFO kit sold by N3ZI and amplifier kit from 
> W8DIZ.  Power is 1 W to a 43 foot vertical."
>
> 73 bill w4hbk
>
>
> Oh, his QTH is Gulf Breeze FL, near Pensacola.
>
> "And now, back to our regularly scheduled program."
>
> 73
> Rick
> NM3G
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