pickle wrote:

On 7180 kHz this morning about 0300 EST on SSB I heard an ongoing
transmission. It consisted of a male voice saying things like
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima, I gotcha". Then he would go on to the next
callin and say basically the same thing. Sometimes he would say
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima", sometimes he would say "7 radio lima 7084"
(although I wad recieving on 7180. There were lots of bravos and
charlies and zulus and all that. It sounded somewhat aviation but
there were no ATC instructions only what I mentioned above. I can't
remember the callins he was responding to because I was half asleep .
The callins were always short. No more than a few words.

Any idea what this was?
Thanks.

This was his call sign K7RL in phonetics so everyone could understand him

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pickle wrote:

On 7180 kHz this morning about 0300 EST on SSB I heard an ongoing
transmission. It consisted of a male voice saying things like
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima, I gotcha". Then he would go on to the next
callin and say basically the same thing. Sometimes he would say
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima", sometimes he would say "7 radio lima 7084"
(although I wad recieving on 7180. There were lots of bravos and
charlies and zulus and all that. It sounded somewhat aviation but there
were no ATC instructions only what I mentioned above. I can't remember
the callins he was responding to because I was half asleep . The
callins were always short. No more than a few words.

Any idea what this was?

Amateur radio. There is a contest on this weekend.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

On 7180 kHz this morning about 0300 EST on SSB I heard an ongoing
transmission. It consisted of a male voice saying things like
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima, I gotcha". Then he would go on to the next
callin and say basically the same thing. Sometimes he would say
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima", sometimes he would say "7 radio lima 7084"
(although I wad recieving on 7180. There were lots of bravos and
charlies and zulus and all that. It sounded somewhat aviation but there
were no ATC instructions only what I mentioned above. I can't remember
the callins he was responding to because I was half asleep . The
callins were always short. No more than a few words.

Any idea what this was?
Thanks.

pickle wrote:
On 7180 kHz this morning about 0300 EST on SSB I heard an ongoing
transmission. It consisted of a male voice saying things like
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima, I gotcha". Then he would go on to the next
callin and say basically the same thing. Sometimes he would say
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima", sometimes he would say "7 radio lima 7084"
(although I wad recieving on 7180. There were lots of bravos and
charlies and zulus and all that. It sounded somewhat aviation but there
were no ATC instructions only what I mentioned above. I can't remember
the callins he was responding to because I was half asleep . The
callins were always short. No more than a few words.

It's an amateur (ham) station in Washington State. The callsign is
K7RL, given phonetically to avoid confusion with other similar calls.
He would have been exchanging a signal report (almost always 5-9) and a
geographic zone (for Washington State, 3) with the other station.

Hams in most countries outside the Americas are not allowed to transmit
above 7100KHz, while U.S. hams are not allowed to transmit SSB *below*
7150KHz. If K7RL wished to contact stations outside the Americas (and
that's the point of this weekend's competition) he must transmit on a
frequency above 7150 and listen on one below 7100. Presumably he chose
7084KHz as his listening frequency.

(this practice, of transmitting on one frequency and listening on
another, is known as "operating split")

Expect to hear more of this activity through 2400UTC tomorrow. Overseas
stations will be transmitting between 7020 and 7100. There will also be
activity on all other ham bands.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

pickle wrote:

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
pickle wrote:

On 7180 kHz this morning about 0300 EST on SSB I heard an ongoing
transmission. It consisted of a male voice saying things like
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima, I gotcha". Then he would go on to the next
callin and say basically the same thing. Sometimes he would say
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima", sometimes he would say "7 radio lima 7084"
(although I wad recieving on 7180. There were lots of bravos and
charlies and zulus and all that. It sounded somewhat aviation but
there were no ATC instructions only what I mentioned above. I can't
remember the callins he was responding to because I was half asleep .
The callins were always short. No more than a few words.


It's an amateur (ham) station in Washington State. The callsign is
K7RL, given phonetically to avoid confusion with other similar calls. He
would have been exchanging a signal report (almost always 5-9) and a
geographic zone (for Washington State, 3) with the other station.

Hams in most countries outside the Americas are not allowed to transmit
above 7100KHz, while U.S. hams are not allowed to transmit SSB *below*
7150KHz. If K7RL wished to contact stations outside the Americas (and
that's the point of this weekend's competition) he must transmit on a
frequency above 7150 and listen on one below 7100. Presumably he chose
7084KHz as his listening frequency.

(this practice, of transmitting on one frequency and listening on
another, is known as "operating split")

Expect to hear more of this activity through 2400UTC tomorrow. Overseas
stations will be transmitting between 7020 and 7100. There will also be
activity on all other ham bands.

Ok. Thanks to all for the replies. I'll tune it in again tonight
(if I get woken up by another thunderstorm).

I guess I'm used to the standard phonetic alphabet and his
use of other words threw me off a bit. That and I was
very much not all the way awake.

Not everyone uses the 'standard' phonetic alphabet. I would have used Kilo 7
Romeo Lima. But each to his own.

My own callsign would be November 8 Kilo Delta Victor.

Enjoy,

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
pickle wrote:

On 7180 kHz this morning about 0300 EST on SSB I heard an ongoing
transmission. It consisted of a male voice saying things like
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima, I gotcha". Then he would go on to the next
callin and say basically the same thing. Sometimes he would say
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima", sometimes he would say "7 radio lima 7084"
(although I wad recieving on 7180. There were lots of bravos and
charlies and zulus and all that. It sounded somewhat aviation but
there were no ATC instructions only what I mentioned above. I can't
remember the callins he was responding to because I was half asleep .
The callins were always short. No more than a few words.


It's an amateur (ham) station in Washington State. The callsign is
K7RL, given phonetically to avoid confusion with other similar calls. He
would have been exchanging a signal report (almost always 5-9) and a
geographic zone (for Washington State, 3) with the other station.

Hams in most countries outside the Americas are not allowed to transmit
above 7100KHz, while U.S. hams are not allowed to transmit SSB *below*
7150KHz. If K7RL wished to contact stations outside the Americas (and
that's the point of this weekend's competition) he must transmit on a
frequency above 7150 and listen on one below 7100. Presumably he chose
7084KHz as his listening frequency.

(this practice, of transmitting on one frequency and listening on
another, is known as "operating split")

Expect to hear more of this activity through 2400UTC tomorrow. Overseas
stations will be transmitting between 7020 and 7100. There will also be
activity on all other ham bands.

Ok. Thanks to all for the replies. I'll tune it in again tonight
(if I get woken up by another thunderstorm).

I guess I'm used to the standard phonetic alphabet and his
use of other words threw me off a bit. That and I was
very much not all the way awake.

Anyway,
73's everyone.

dxAce wrote:

pickle wrote:


Doug Smith W9WI wrote:

pickle wrote:


On 7180 kHz this morning about 0300 EST on SSB I heard an ongoing
transmission. It consisted of a male voice saying things like
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima, I gotcha". Then he would go on to the next
callin and say basically the same thing. Sometimes he would say
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima", sometimes he would say "7 radio lima 7084"
(although I wad recieving on 7180. There were lots of bravos and
charlies and zulus and all that. It sounded somewhat aviation but
there were no ATC instructions only what I mentioned above. I can't
remember the callins he was responding to because I was half asleep .
The callins were always short. No more than a few words.


It's an amateur (ham) station in Washington State. The callsign is
K7RL, given phonetically to avoid confusion with other similar calls. He
would have been exchanging a signal report (almost always 5-9) and a
geographic zone (for Washington State, 3) with the other station.

Hams in most countries outside the Americas are not allowed to transmit
above 7100KHz, while U.S. hams are not allowed to transmit SSB *below*
7150KHz. If K7RL wished to contact stations outside the Americas (and
that's the point of this weekend's competition) he must transmit on a
frequency above 7150 and listen on one below 7100. Presumably he chose
7084KHz as his listening frequency.

(this practice, of transmitting on one frequency and listening on
another, is known as "operating split")

Expect to hear more of this activity through 2400UTC tomorrow. Overseas
stations will be transmitting between 7020 and 7100. There will also be
activity on all other ham bands.

Ok. Thanks to all for the replies. I'll tune it in again tonight
(if I get woken up by another thunderstorm).

I guess I'm used to the standard phonetic alphabet and his
use of other words threw me off a bit. That and I was
very much not all the way awake.


Not everyone uses the 'standard' phonetic alphabet. I would have used Kilo 7
Romeo Lima. But each to his own.

My own callsign would be November 8 Kilo Delta Victor.

Enjoy,

dxAce
Michigan
USA



That's more what I'm familiar with. I guess beause I fly I'm more
used to the 'standard' as well.

Anyway, I enjoy having one of my SWR's on the bedside table.
If I can't sleep or if I'm woken up I slap in the earplug (can't
disturbe the wife ya' know) flop an arm over and find and operate all
the buttons and knobs by feel alone in the dark. Get in some good
listening that way.

You were listening to an amateur radio operator --

K7LR
BENTLEY F ADAMS, JR
4524 73RD PL SW
MUKILTEO WA 98275
USA

-- during a on-air dx contest. He was working duplex (listening on
7084 kHz) because certain regions of the world don't allow amateur
radio operators to transmit above 7100 kHz in the amateur band, and
U.S. hams (the contiguous 48 states) can't transmit voice below 7150
kHz.. This is why he's transmitting in one spot while listening for
others who are able to transmit in a second spot.

I'm surprised you didn't run by many, many more of these instances..


73 ES GUD DX

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:40:28 -0400, pickle wrote:

On 7180 kHz this morning about 0300 EST on SSB I heard an ongoing
transmission. It consisted of a male voice saying things like
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima, I gotcha". Then he would go on to the next
callin and say basically the same thing. Sometimes he would say
"Kilowatt 7 radio lima", sometimes he would say "7 radio lima 7084"
(although I wad recieving on 7180. There were lots of bravos and
charlies and zulus and all that. It sounded somewhat aviation but there
were no ATC instructions only what I mentioned above. I can't remember
the callins he was responding to because I was half asleep . The
callins were always short. No more than a few words.

Any idea what this was?
Thanks.

pickle wrote:
Ok. Thanks to all for the replies. I'll tune it in again tonight
(if I get woken up by another thunderstorm).

(good luck!) (If you're listening during thunderstorms I hope you have
an indoor antenna!)

I guess I'm used to the standard phonetic alphabet and his
use of other words threw me off a bit. That and I was
very much not all the way awake.

There's more than one standard phonetic alphabet. I know of at least
two and IIRC, the one pilots use is not the same one used by amateurs.

(but if you listen to amateurs long enough, you will hear some really
non-standard alphabets in use, not a good thing...)
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
There's more than one standard phonetic alphabet. I know of at least
two and IIRC, the one pilots use is not the same one used by amateurs.

And the one used by public safety people (cops, fire) is different from
both you refer to. Then there was the old able, baker, charlie set.

(but if you listen to amateurs long enough, you will hear some really
non-standard alphabets in use, not a good thing...)

And of course, the callsign-specific cutesy IDs. I frequently identified
as whiskey alpha nine please don't move.

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