This is way OT, but false decodes like T2DE are quite common when a Skimmer is listening in the RTTY area of the band.
73, Pete N4ZR The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com, spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 On 1/24/2012 11:49 PM, Gary K9GS wrote: > I've seen this happen before and it has also happened to me. Once I was > on the low end of 40M and the W3LPL skimmer spotted me just below 7100. > go figure..... > > If you watch skimmer spots you'll often notice weird things showing up. > One of the JA skimmers regularly spots T2DE on 40M. There is not, to > the best of my knowledge, a station from Tuvalu licensed at T2DE. I've > seen other skimmers spot the same callsign when there was no way there > was a propagation path. > > > > On 1/24/2012 7:08 AM, John/K8AZT wrote: >> I have not been monitoring this mail list much recently so I apologize if >> this >> subject has been discussed previously. >> >> I like to monitor the reversebeacon.net website while calling cq or just >> monitoring looking for a qso. Recently I have discovered a situation which >> has >> me puzzled and I am hoping someone here might be able to give me some insight >> what might be happening. >> >> When calling cq (CW) on 7.0 MHz cw, I see several hits on the reverse beacon >> website on 7.0 MHz, however I have also seen a couple stations allegedly >> hearing >> me on 10.1 MHz (2 occurrences) and a station hearing me on 28 MHz bands (1 >> occurrence). I am hoping this is a problem with the skimmers, but want to >> check >> out if there is anything which might not be right with my K3 and/or antenna >> which might be generating unwanted radiations. At the moment I do not have >> exact frequencies where I was being monitored. I just thought someone might >> have a suggestion where do I proceed. >> >> At the moment I do not have access to a frequency analyzer, but hope I can >> find >> one to borrow locally. >> >> Thank you for any suggestions/comments anyone in the reflector might have. >> >> 73, >> John/K8AZT >> K3/ SN 1693 >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
