Rich, NU6T, and I activated Leviathan Peak [SOTA W6/SN-039] on 26 Jun and did a 2B Battery FD entry too. His K1, my K2. On both radios, we heard a "whoosh whoosh ..." sound in the headphones, sort of like the sound in the movie "Contact" sending prime numbers, although these did not come in primes [I counted]. It varied in intensity, in frequency of the "whooshing," and AF gains had no effect, although turning off the radio ended it. Sometimes it quit altogether only to come back. K1 was on 20, K2 on 15. The frequency was slow enough that we could count the whooshes [hmmm ... T-bird spell check tells me that's actually a real word :-)]. Turning off the other radio had no effect. The noise is gone back home.
There are quite a few radios on the peak all powered by a very large solar array. Judging by the antennas, they range from high band VHF into microwaves. We were on the ground adjacent to the tower, in front of a concrete block vault topped by an abandoned fire lookout. I had my KX1, but didn't think to check it. We're figuring that something up there was irradiating the radios strongly enough after the AF gain control to cause this, we have no idea what. If so, it was irradiating us too, although neither of us glow in the dark, which we're taking as a good sign. A real puzzle. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2011 Cal QSO Party 1-2 Oct 2011 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
