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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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A 8000 CW 2135 UTC 4 Dec 2018
« on: December 04, 2018, 2138 UTC »
An old friend is back. I don't think I've logged this one for a long time, maybe a few years? Logs likely here on this board.

Irregularly sends a CW "A". Sometimes a few seconds between transmissions, sometimes a few minutes.  Sometimes the A is malformed. A pretty good signal right now. Another of HF's mysteries.
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Re: A 8000 CW 2135 UTC 4 Dec 2018
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2018, 2155 UTC »
An old friend is back. I don't think I've logged this one for a long time, maybe a few years? Logs likely here on this board.

Irregularly sends a CW "A". Sometimes a few seconds between transmissions, sometimes a few minutes.  Sometimes the A is malformed. A pretty good signal right now. Another of HF's mysteries.

Fascinating, Chris!
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Re: A 8000 CW 2135 UTC 4 Dec 2018
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2018, 2341 UTC »
Hearing a ditter tonight at 2340 utc on ~8000.  About 3 bits per second +/-.

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Re: A 8000 CW 2135 UTC 4 Dec 2018
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2018, 0151 UTC »
Sounds like someone tuning up/testing on 8000 right now (0150 UTC).
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Re: A 8000 CW 2135 UTC 4 Dec 2018
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2018, 0152 UTC »
Hearing a ditter tonight at 2340 utc on ~8000.  About 3 bits per second +/-.

73, Mark

There's another thread about the low power frequency hopping ditter on integer MHz and 500 kHz increments, that began transmitting about a week ago.
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,48485.0.html
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Re: A 8000 CW 2135 UTC 4 Dec 2018
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2018, 0536 UTC »
got a strong fast ditter on 8 MHz right now
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