Wow needs more condencersin the power supply. It would be interesting to see the setup. How did you record that? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 8:40 PM Subject: Re: Example of Chirp on a CW Signal > I've heard a signal like that once or twice, but yeah, that's pretty = > awful. Probably is Cuban, too.=20 > > Anyway, if anyone wants the file, get it here: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1053407/chirp.mp3 > -- > 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: > >>=20 >> Thanks, Buddy. >>=20 >> Here it is. >> ----- Original Message -----=20 >> 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?? >>=20 >>=20 >> Hi, >>=20 >> 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 >>=20 >>=20 >>=20 >> On Jan 1, 2012, at 10:17 PM, Mike Duke, K5XU wrote: >>=20 >>> 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.. >>>=20 >>> I believe the station was in Cuba, but he faded into the noise when=20= > >>> he >>> began sending his call. >>>=20 >>> 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. >>>=20 >>> 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. >>>=20 >>> 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. >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Mike Duke, K5XU >>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs >>=20 >>=20 >> <Mail Attachment>