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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #390 on: December 27, 2016, 1820 UTC »
Finally hearing Hexie2K, low in frequency

6700.420 KHz Hexie2K, good signal with slow, deep fades
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #391 on: December 28, 2016, 1419 UTC »
2097.290 KHz  letter A, 15 dB over the noise


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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #392 on: December 28, 2016, 1505 UTC »
7039.400 KHz Russian letter beacon M, fair but with quick fades
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #393 on: December 31, 2016, 1403 UTC »
2097.295 KHz  Letter "A". About 15 dB over the noise floor
7998.317 KHz  Shorty!  Weak but readable with slow fades
7998.492 KHz  Hiker! Weak but readable with slow fades
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #394 on: December 31, 2016, 1417 UTC »
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon "M". Fading slowly in and out but very readable when in.
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #395 on: January 01, 2017, 1600 UTC »
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon "M". Fading slowly in and out but very readable when in.
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #396 on: January 03, 2017, 1427 UTC »
2097.285 KHz  Letter beacon "A". Fair signal
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon "M". Weak with fading
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #397 on: January 06, 2017, 1445 UTC »
2097.290 KHz  Letter beacon "A". Fair signal, about +10 dB peak then a long fade
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #398 on: January 06, 2017, 1839 UTC »
6700.410 KHz  Hexie2K low in frequency. Mostly a weak signal and occasionally pops way up in strength.
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #399 on: January 10, 2017, 1449 UTC »
2097.300 KHz  Letter beacon "A". weak but readable
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #400 on: January 10, 2017, 1452 UTC »
1982.990 KHz  BFL4  drift net beacon! Weak sig, not heard in quite a while
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #401 on: January 12, 2017, 1410 UTC »
2097.300 KHz  Letter beacon "A". Good signal, abot 15 dB above the noise
4096.370 KHz  Haystack. Weak but readable
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #402 on: January 18, 2017, 1457 UTC »
2097.290 KHz  Letter beacon "A". Weak, fading with sunrise
4096.380 KHz  Haystack? Weak but readable with some fading
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #403 on: January 24, 2017, 1326 UTC »
2097.280 KHz  letter A, signal varies from barely above the noise to 15 dB over
4096.370 KHz  Haystack, weak with slow fades
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon M. varies from 15 dB over to unreadable



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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #404 on: January 27, 2017, 1520 UTC »
2097.280 KHz  letter A, mostly very weak, deep fades and once in a while a 15 dB peak
4096.375 KHz  Haystack, weak but few fades
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