Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

[Hardy Landskov]

If anyone has a clear shot, take it. At the transmitter that is.....



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Charlie Cunningham" <charlie-cunningham at nc.rr.com>
To: "'Tom W8JI'" <w8ji at w8ji.com>; "'Rick'" <nm3g at triad.rr.com>; 
<topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW


> Amen!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Topband [mailto:topband-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Tom 
> W8JI
> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 10:33 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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