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4VHTIAIE - UNID 10 METER BEACON

Call inusuale (4VHTIAIE)  per questo beacon ascoltato domenica 2 maggio 2010 sulla frequenza di 28221 KHz. Il beacon ha trasmesso per circa mezz'ora, dalle 18.00 alle 18.30 UTC. Il segnale era abbastanza buono. Qualche idea sull'origine di questa trasmissione ?

no idea. I have seen a log of the same beacon back in February, but no further
info was added.

73, Ary

Hi Francesco,

This one comes up a lot, it is one of the beacons that transmits
using FSK, and will most likely be 5B4CY in Zygi, Cyprus. These can
produce odd sounding idents like this, tuning a few hundred hertz
either side will usually bring up the correct ident:

28220 5B4CY Zygi KM64PR 26 GP Omni F1 24

Details from G3USF HF Beacons Database at:
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/28.htm

73 for now, Alan.

It sounds as if this is Morse-keyed FSK, recorded on the space
limit.

Reading the gaps between elements gives HS5SI... which doesn't
make a lot of sense as there doesn't appear to be a such a beacon.

--
73 de Jim,
(MPJ)

It sounds as if this is Morse-keyed FSK, recorded on the space
>limit.
>
> Reading the gaps between elements gives HS5SI... which doesn't
>make a lot of sense
>
It's a thoroughly dotty callsign, in fact.
--
Bill Borland
(G3EFS)

>> It sounds as if this is Morse-keyed FSK, recorded on the space
>>limit.
>>
>> Reading the gaps between elements gives HS5SI... which doesn't
>>make a lot of sense
>>
>It's a thoroughly dotty callsign, in fact.

Thoroughly. And just as dotty read backwards.

I once had to use a tactical RAF callsign which was entirely dashes.
I can't remember what it was though.

--
73 de Jim,
(G4RGA)

Play it slowly and a new mystery appears. It's not 4VHTIAE, I'm not sure
but the only thing that is clear is the first 4. It may be a 4s6 (Sri Lanka
novice with code) but that's awfully far from Italy. Possibly 4S6TIL.

If you ever do find out who it is suggest that they slow their ID down
to about 3-4wpm and exagurate the spacing between letters. Then it is
slow enough to copy the dits and dahs on paper and figure it out. It
might anoy experienced hams, but inexperienced ones, or swl's can "get
it".

There are also a lot of Eastern European hams running 3-4 wpm, having decided
it was better to get on the air at the speed they can do, than to practice
until they can reach the speed everyone else does.

Other hams are working them, so it works.

Geoff.