Yes, I'm listening to the 14.100 Mhz.

The digtal traffic explains alot.

I guess It will be better in a few months, and I will have something
to measure it by.

I am getting better reception using 14.099.3 on USB than 14.100 on
CW1. any reason for this?

thanks.



Leigh Marrin/KM6JE wrote in message ...
Walter wrote:
I am getting some sort of osculating interference at about 1 second
intervals. It sounds like a cricket chirping. Also something that
sounds like a cell phone ringing, but is this comes and goes. I don't
know if this is normal, or something in my house is generating this..

Lemme guess, Walter: you're listening to the 14.100 mHz beacon, right?
This frequency is in the 20 meter "digital" sub-band, and the racket
you're hearing is probably 300 baud "Packet", or another digital mode like
AMTOR or PACTOR.

If you've got the time, there are several shareware decoding programs that
will decode at least some of this digital racket, using the sound card in
your PC.

--Leigh Marrin/KM6JE in Santa Barbara, Calif.