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Offline Teotwaki

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Colorado beacon reception
« on: July 24, 2014, 0452 UTC »
On the 16th I was at 10,000 feet at Molas Lake, a bit south of Silverton and the noise level was really low. At 6:55 AM local I picked up

2097  "A" beacon, weak but clear
4094.5 "X" beacon, clear and weak with slight fading
4096.24 Hexie with the 1 second dash

Elecraft KX3 transceiver and a trail version of the PAR end-fed ham antenna
Jim
NRD-525, Elecraft KX3 and Elecraft PX3 Spectrum Display
76' end fed long wire & 66' off-center fed dipole for 10/20/40 meters
Orange County, SoCal, The better half