Hi Michael, Been doing this (plotting on google earth) as each report comes in (which is what I always do), but since most folks can only provide direction such as N.W., or West, this provides very poor resolution, and some reports provide headings that are nowhere close (totally miss the target area by hundreds of miles). At the moment the majority of the bearings are crossing in Ohio, and based on what I'm seeing on the plots, it looks like it's likely on a line South of I-70 as it crosses the state, and probably more SE (toward West Virginia), than SW of Columbus. Signal strength is generally useless unless the signal strength is during daylight hours (due to propagation) and also since most reports are from uncalibrated RX antenna systems.
Triangulation via bearings is generally the way to go until you get boots on the ground so to speak with a portable direction finding antenna. I just got home and don't hear the "dasher", and W1AW is already booming in this afternoon, so suspect this case is closed. Most likely the problem has already been discovered by the guilty party. 73, Don (wd8dsb) On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Michael Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't have time to do this, but if someone plugs all the reports with > direction and guessing at strength on a Google Maps, the answer will start > to become readily apparent. > > Mike va3mw > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 2:10 PM, GALE STEWARD via Topband < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes, and it sent a correct Morse letter/number every so often! > > 73, Stew K3ND > > > > From: ersmar <[email protected]> > > To: Don Kirk <[email protected]>; topband <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 6, 2016 1:54 PM > > Subject: Re: Topband: 1809.2 kHz constant dashes > > > > It's a Coke bottle on a Morse key and flapping window blind in San > > Francisco. (For you youg'uns, check out On the Beach on Netflix.) > > > > 73 de > > Gene Smar AD3F > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Don Kirk <[email protected]> > > Date: 12/06/2016 1:17 AM (GMT-05:00) > > To: topband <[email protected]> > > Subject: Topband: 1809.2 kHz constant dashes > > > > I'm hearing what sounds like a stuck Key sending dashes (rate > approximately > > 20 dashes sent in 10 seconds). Does not appear to be a local signal and > > heading approximately 90 degrees from Fishers Indiana (which is > > near Indianapolis). > > > > Hard to get super accurate heading right now due to Thunder Storms in > > Southern US, but definitely close to 90 degrees from me. > > > > Anyone else hearing and please provide heading from your location. > > > > At 0600 UTC it is peaking about S7. > > > > Don (WD8DSB) > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > > > > _________________ > > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
