Well, after several very informative replies to my post, I've come to the
determination that I'm not the only one seeing these Flying Fribbles, Moving
Humps, Sweepers, Chirpsounders, Beacons, SeaSonde, etc. Of course,
it's just possible that there is a cloaked ship up there that is scanning
Just wondering if I am the Lone Ranger here or if anyone else is having this P3
experience. Every so often, perhaps once every 20 - 40 seconds or so, I see
some sort of spur go flying across the screen. It starts low and flies up in
frequency, right off the display. With my display span set at
Disconnect your antenna, set the REF LVL on the P3 so you can see the
background noise at the base of the display and watch it for a while. If you
no longer see it, it isn't in the K3/P3 anywhere and is external to the radio.
I have several sweepers that come through from time to time. One is
On 3/15/2012 4:00 PM, Jim Bennett wrote:
Just wondering if I am the Lone Ranger here or if anyone else is
having this P3 experience. Every so often, perhaps once every 20 -
40 seconds or so, I see some sort of spur go flying across the
screen. It starts low and flies up in frequency, right off
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Jim Bennett w6...@mac.com wrote:
...Every so often, perhaps once every 20 - 40 seconds or so, I see some sort
of spur go flying across the screen.
I see 'em too, Jim, and I know they're for real because I can hear
them in my headphones. I
and microwaves!
Cheers
Simon ZL4PLM
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Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:04:43 -0500
From: estept...@gmail.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Display Anomaly
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Jim Bennett w6
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Simon Lewis gm4...@hotmail.com wrote:
They are chirpsounders...
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Ah yes, now I remember hearing that name. Thank you, Simon Those are
the sweeping beacons I mentioned.
Google on 'chirpsounder' and you'll find a strange world of
propagation
and microwaves!
Cheers
Simon ZL4PLM
Check out more information on the world 50 MHz and Up : www.zl4plm.com
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:04:43 -0500
From: estept...@gmail.com
To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] P3 Display Anomaly
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Jim Bennett
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