i've noticed that as well. Here in Pennsylvania, its audible most of the 
time but it really pounds in during the evening hours. No idea what or where 
it is. Lou  WA3MIX
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: rtty nitty gritty


> Brian,
>
> Not sure what it is, although there may be a frequency list  on line
> that could help narrow it down.  Since 30 meters is a band we share with
> other services, it could be anything from anywhere.    I think this is
> why US stations are limited to 200 watts on 30 meters, to avoid
> interfering with  these other services.
>
> There are also a lot of similar  transmissions at the high end of the
> band.   You can tell from the sound they aren't standard ham RTTY
> transmissions (45 baud, 170 hz shift).  I think the soundcard  digital
> decoders allow  changing baud and shift, but it would take a lot of
> trial and error to find the right combination, unless you  knew in
> advance what  the settings were, or  maybe a program that will  detect
> baud and shift and set itself  accordingly.
>
> Even if you could decode, there is no guarantee that what is being sent
> is in English or in plain text.  Maybe secret  war plans from the Chinese.
>
> 73, Steve KW3A
>
> On 10/8/2014 8:54 AM, Brian Tew wrote:
>> 37 yall,
>> I always wondered why we don't say 37 to start a qso. smile
>>
>> There is a teletype signal at the bottom of 30 meters, about 10.101 or 
>> 1.0102 mhz.
>> Anybody know what that is about?
>>
>> Ya, ya, I know, get a life--but I been hearing this thing forever.
>> Thanks for any info.
>>
>> --Brian Tew n 8 l a g
>>
>>
>>