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Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW

To: "Rick" <nm3g@triad.rr.com>, <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Steady Carrier on 80 CW
From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Reply-to: Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 22:32:39 -0500
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What a stupid frequency for a test beacon of any type!


----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick" <nm3g@triad.rr.com>
To: <topband@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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