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cmradio

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New Beacon
« on: July 06, 2009, 0129 UTC »
Fraser beacon, morse code "F" testing on 8261 KHz.

On 1400-ish to 0500-ish UTC.

250mW into an inverted vee dipole.

QTH is near Vancouver, BC.

May go down for tweaks and maint.

Happy hunting!
« Last Edit: July 11, 2009, 0506 UTC by cmradio »
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Offline mark-n-nut

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2009, 0256 UTC »

Hearing the beacon tonight at 0245 utc on abt 8261.200 here in Northern UT (NUT)

Have screen capture.

73, Mark
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R-75
Wellbrook 1530 Loop
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QTH - Northern UT (NUT)
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beaconman

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2009, 0309 UTC »
Im not surprised that Mark heard it he hears everything
Congrats to both the operator and the listener.
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cmradio

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2009, 0444 UTC »
Thank you Mark!

You're my fist logger ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
(thanks for the exact frequency too... my frequency counter doesn't resolve that good above 2MHz)

Thanks to Beconman for the inspiration 8)

Peace!
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cmradio

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2009, 1011 UTC »
For the ease of listening of CW by ears and not Argo, I have made the following changes to "F":

- Speed increased from QRSS-1 to ~6WPM
- Letter + pause frame now ~4 seconds, down from 10.

Peace!

** edit to correct erroneous info **
« Last Edit: July 18, 2009, 2027 UTC by cmradio »
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Offline mark-n-nut

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2009, 1727 UTC »

Hearing the new "F" this morning at 1722utc about ~4 sec apart on about 8261.243. 

Mark in NUT
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cmradio

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2009, 2005 UTC »
Thanks for the log, Mark ;D

My math miscalculation on the frame timing... 4 seconds is correct.

Peace!
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beaconman

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2009, 0150 UTC »
Copied F 8261.2Khz at 1351Utc-1355Utc
then it poped in and out  at 1455Utc...

Fun beacon to catch...

FRG 8800 end fed wire
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cmradio

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2009, 0324 UTC »
Great news Beaconman, you finally caught her!!! ;D

Thanks for the log.

Peace!
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beaconman

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2009, 1452 UTC »
F came in nicely to Colorado at 1425Utc today
best reception yet....

The band was totally quite smooth like satin...

Looks like the 8 mC season will be coming soon...

HQ 180 end fed wire
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cmradio

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2009, 0302 UTC »
Awesome news!!!

Peace!
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beaconman

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Re: New Beacon
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2009, 1515 UTC »
F at 1451Utc  5-6 ids then SSB faded up and F was no more

HQ 180  hombrew tunner 100ft inverted L  broadside NS location Colorado
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