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 (CompaƱeros 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@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@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@ameritech.net>
To: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@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@mindspring.com>
To: amsat-bb@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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