Are you ready for this one? No? Well here it is anyway. :-)
I was all set and ready for a M08a CW thingie but something seems to have gone wrong... (he said)
There was no CW but a nasty noise and very low in the background I heard... yep, you guessed it, HM01... Too low in modulation to get the call up but no matter.
Let's call this an Arnie C. nightmare... So typical (he said). I recorded the whole thing just for a giggle but unfortunately this happens so often that the silliness is lost...
the sign off of this FUBAR was at 0009 UTC.
Just needed to let you all know about how I wasted a whole hour.... grrrrrr....
p.s. Arnie please read the operators manual OK? Things might go better next time :-P
73
V.G.W.
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Update report May 23 2018
Checked for M08a today at 1350 UTC to 1430 UTC on 8097 khz LSB and nothing was heard... could be propagation but checking the propagation reports if it was there I should have heard it. Perhaps A.C. noticed something was amiss and is working hard to get the transmitter on-line again. :-) Let's all sing a chorus of "Too Much Tequila"
:-)
73 V.G.W.