I've heard a signal like that once or twice, but yeah, that's pretty awful. Probably is Cuban, too. 

Anyway, if anyone wants the file, get it here:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1053407/chirp.mp3
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jan 1, 2012, at 10:31 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:

> 
> Thanks, Buddy.
> 
> Here it is.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 9:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Anybody Remember What Chirp means??
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Send it here, and I can stick it in the public dropbox.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
> 
> 
> 
> On Jan 1, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote:
> 
>> Tonight on 40 meters, on about 7.118, I found and recorded the best
>> example of chirp, and of a bad CW note in general, that I have heard
>> in years..
>> 
>> I believe the station was in Cuba, but he faded into the noise when 
>> he
>> began sending his call.
>> 
>> I also could not hear the W2 he was talking with, so it is possible
>> that I was hearing both chirp and a parasitic signal. Whatever the
>> case, I haven't heard such a good example of a terrible CW note in
>> years. It was common place on the Novice bands when I started out in
>> 1969, but even there it wasn't usually this bad.
>> 
>> Even by the mid 1970's, the Russians and most of the Cubans had
>> cleaned up their transmitters to the point that a good example of
>> chirp was rare. That makes this one a keeper.
>> 
>> The list won't allow attachments, so I'll be glad to send the mp3 to
>> anybody who wants to recall how chirp sounded on a CW signal, or to
>> anyone who wants to hear it for the first time.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
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