David,
There are millions of spark gap igniters in use today. They use them to
light gas ovens, furnaces, run clocks, precipitors etc. What kind of wave
pattern.does an SCR have. Somewhere not far from here, I hear a tick every
second.
73 de n8csp
David Padrick wrote:
> Paul,
>
> I was operating at W6KW's ranch about a month ago using the big 80m
> yagi. I have heard that sound for some time here on the west coast
> always starting at 6:00 local time. I rotated the beam and it peaks at
> 60-70 degrees from here. One week later I was W6ZJ's and again rotated
> his yagi and saw the same direction. Interesting your hearing it out of
> the NW.
> The buzz is a pulse (square wave) with very wide side bands similar to
> the old Russian woodpecker. Sounds allot like an over the horizon radar.
> It's also interesting that it's coming out of a day light path here.
> Good luck with the new 4 square and we will be looking forward to
> hearing you on during this coming long path season.
>
> 73, David W6ANR
>
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