Re: [Elecraft] OT what the heck is this?

2010-10-24 Thread Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
Bill, One possibility is that this rogue signal's frequency is not actually at 28.002 MHz, but at some other frequency which coincides with one of the K3 receiver's spurious responses when the K3 is tuned to 28.002 MHz. An example of one spurious response is the so-called image, which in the

Re: [Elecraft] OT what the heck is this?

2010-10-24 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
If one has a battery K2, or can otherwise set up mobile then something like this can be quickly identified as ground or sky wave. Using a rubber duckie from 2 meters on the K2 input makes it weak enough to determine if driving around weakens it or strengthens it. If it is the same on signal

Re: [Elecraft] OT what the heck is this?

2010-10-24 Thread Craig D. Smith
I hear it here (Colorado) at about -125 dbm on a vertical. 73 Craig AC0DS __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net

[Elecraft] OT what the heck is this?

2010-10-23 Thread Bill Hammond
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ak5x/?saved=1 It has been there for years, but isn't really a problem until someone happens to be on that frequency and you want to talk to them. Like this morning when FO8RZ was working up 1 from 28.002 and with the receiver set on 28.003 I had the pleasure of

Re: [Elecraft] OT what the heck is this?

2010-10-23 Thread Ron D'Eau Claire
Not here Bill. Sounds like the ghost of Sputnik. Ron AC7AC -Original Message- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ak5x/?saved=1 It has been there for years, but isn't really a problem until someone happens to be on that frequency and you want to talk to them. Like this morning when FO8RZ was