New Dasher Beacon! "KOK"

[Teotwaki]

Receiving it at home and on Half Moon bay on 3579.000 KHz

Sends 22 dashes, about a 4 dash pause then IDs as KOK

[Jstlink]

I hear it also in Southern California. S9 signal. Very clear

[Teotwaki]

About 10 - 15 minutes ago I heard it really well here at home but all of a sudden it is gone? 13:55 UTC 15March24

Infant beacon mortality?


EDIT: Maybe night time only?

[Teotwaki]

KOK is on the air

[Teotwaki]

Dasher KOK just powered up

[DYGradio]

KOK making it into Central AZ this evening. Fair signal with fading. 3579.00 KHz 18MAR2024 03:31z Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft SE/NW longwire

https://youtu.be/bDUOyKyJlRQ?si=FsRIc26muLLtv_KD

[DYGradio]

Aside from being in the 80 meter ham band (which could stir up a posse) there was something vaguely familiar about this frequency back in the cobwebs of my mind. Then it hit me, the old NTSC TV color burst frequency was 3.579545 MHz and there were always plenty of those crystals around to build an 80 meter QRP CW transmitter with. A little tweaking of the crystal frequency and there it is. Hmmm....

[HQ180]

March 19 time 12:35Utc  in Colorado

[stendec]

Seems to be gone now. Its signal was S4 to S5 when first reported, but I haven't heard it for the last two days.

[Dave Richards]

By coincidence, I decided to take a listen on the colorburst frequency this evening and maybe call CQ, in a vain attempt to revive the activities of the CLA (Colorburst Liberation Army). I like to monitor my signals on the KPH and KFS online SDR's. On looking at the waterfall, I noticed the KOK beacon, close by, on 3579 KHz. I can hear it at home in the SF East Bay, at about a 5 by 2. It's about a 5 by 5 on both KPH and KFS (Point Reyes and Half Moon Bay).

Googled it, found a YouTube video of it, and then this sub-thread.

[Teotwaki]

By coincidence, I decided to take a listen on the colorburst frequency this evening and maybe call CQ, in a vain attempt to revive the activities of the CLA (Colorburst Liberation Army). I like to monitor my signals on the KPH and KFS online SDR's. On looking at the waterfall, I noticed the KOK beacon, close by, on 3579 KHz. I can hear it at home in the SF East Bay, at about a 5 by 2. It's about a 5 by 5 on both KPH and KFS (Point Reyes and Half Moon Bay).

Googled it, found a YouTube video of it, and then this sub-thread.

Colorburst Liberation Army!! LOL!

[Teotwaki]

Another nice video from Token, this time it features KOK

https://youtu.be/LvxhB-xhSJE?si=nQhH_wExYuW9hcNO

[stendec]

 Maybe night time only?

I think you are right.

I have not heard it during the daytime (here on the West coast) but only at night. And looking through the reports in this thread, KOK has only been logged at night.

[Dave Richards]

By coincidence, I decided to take a listen on the colorburst frequency this evening and maybe call CQ, in a vain attempt to revive the activities of the CLA (Colorburst Liberation Army). I like to monitor my signals on the KPH and KFS online SDR's. On looking at the waterfall, I noticed the KOK beacon, close by, on 3579 KHz. I can hear it at home in the SF East Bay, at about a 5 by 2. It's about a 5 by 5 on both KPH and KFS (Point Reyes and Half Moon Bay).

Googled it, found a YouTube video of it, and then this sub-thread.

Colorburst Liberation Army!! LOL!

The Colorburst Liberation Army was a concept, if not started by Bill N2CQR, then much promoted by him in both the Soldersmoke Daily News blog, and the Soldersmoke podcast. The idea behind the name was to pay tribute to the armies of ham radio homebrewers who would liberate the colorburst crystals from the TV sets their neighbors put out on the curb, and put them to good use in homemade transmitters.

I must admit to being equal parts intrigued by this beacon, and miffed at the fact that it is operating in an amateur band. I'm both a licensed ham and a CW op, so I am not very happy about this beacon being where it is.

[DYGradio]

The Colorburst Liberation Army, that's awesome! I have been licensed since 1971 and can't say I ever ran across that one so glad to be updated on that bit of ham history. I certainly liberated a few old TV sets haha! I am with you Dave, interesting beacon that should not be in a ham band.