Gentlemen, Those "rough" CW signals were caused by Aurora propagation. There was a bit of it happening during the contest due to a rather strong Geomagnetic storm that happened just prior to the start of the contest. Visible Aurora was actually seen as far south as Kansas!
W0EB > I also heard a lot of rough CW signals in the VHF contest on 6 > meters, but they sounded like the effects of propagation to me. > Sometimes I heard the same station with a clean signal when it was > coming in loudly, and a rough signal when it weakened. These were > signals from stations within the skip zone, so I think it was back > scatter or a similar phenomenon. More distant signals propagated by > E skip were clean. > > On 6/11/2013 8:12 AM, Dave Lankshear wrote: >> From the number of filthy signals that appear in contest, I'd >> wager that most of them are deliberately transmitted that way. >> They act rather like a beacon to attract the S&P guys and also >> are so much of a pest when chasing Dx that they are worked just >> to clear the frequency. I've heard the same callsigns that are >> T9 when not contesting or Dx chasing, but pop up in contests etc. >> with filthy T5 signals. It's mostly deliberate. >> >> >> Personally, I'd propose that any signals of T8 and worse should be >> boycotted, but it would never work. >> >> >> 73 Dave G3TJP ______________________________________________________________ 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
