[amsat-bb] FO-29 QRM

[Dave Mann]

I re-listened to the audio.  Indeed, the call was KD4MDF.  His accent was definitely central American Spanish.  Most likely a Hispanic-American; the way he used the phrase "y yo lo creo" is a colloquial Spanish expression used by many Mexican-Americans.  Literally translated it means  "ok, I got that". It really means " .. and, yes, that is it ..."  If he were European Spanish (the Mother-tongue) he would have said " Y Ya lo creo".   There are so many distinct accents and little catch phrases in Spanish it it just like English.  When I was in Spain, locals would immediately identify me as having learned Spanish from a Mexican.  FYI my mother was raised by a Mexican Nanny who was Poncho Villa's youngest sister.  I have lots of QSOs in Spanish as well as having done voice intercept operations for years, so I am sort of attuned, as it were.  Never have a problem on CW, however :-).  BTW, if you listen to the drug traffickers on 40 meters, you will hear that they have "zapatas" (shoes) --- those are kilos of heroin.   Enough of this off-topic stuff already!

Hasta lo Pronto mi Compadres (Compañeros if you are Cuban)

Dave
N4CVX
ex-VP2EHF, KR6DEM, DA1BB, /HP, G5, HS1, etc.)


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> On Jul 25, 2016, at 11:08, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> I've been told the email server choked yesterday and was fixed this AM. I'm not sure on the formatting issue.
> 
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> 
>> On Jul 24, 2016, at 9:34 PM, R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Question:
>> If I posted this at 2:02 PM EDT, why does it take until  8:46 PM to get forwarded by the AMSAT-BB ? ? ? The formatting gets fouled-up, too, with the sentences run together.
>> Just curious.....   73,     Bob  K8BL
>> 
>>     From: R.T.Liddy <k8bl at ameritech.net>
>> To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> 
>> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 2:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FO-29 QRM
>> 
>> Drew,
>> The Spanish-speaker's Call sounds like KD4MDF after listeningto it multiple times.  Kilo-Delta-Cuatro-Mike-Delta-Fauxtrot He slurs the last letter. That listing is from Orlando, FL.  Heprobably doesn't realize that he's on a SAT uplink freq. 
>> The foul-mouthed Anglo guy sounds like a Trucker in motion.
>> GL/73,     Bob  K8BL
>> 
>>      From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org 
>> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 12:31 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 QRM
>> 
>> Just now on FO-29, I observed and recorded part of some strong FM QRM. These
>> signals corresponded to an uplink of 145.900, and were from at least two
>> sources, as there was a Spanish language QSO (of which I caught one US
>> callsign), and a possibly non-amateur QSO in English with a northeastern
>> accent and foul language. One or more of these may be originating from an
>> Echolink node or similar gateway outside of the identifying station's
>> control. I want to put this recording out there for anyone who might know or
>> recognize the stations, and anyone that may hear something I didn't. The
>> recording ends at about 16:08:15Z today.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/64571tcoj0y3o2e/FO-29%20QRM%2024JUL16%20ending%201
>> 6-08-15.mp3?dl=0
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>> 
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