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Teotwaki

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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1050 on: February 15, 2025, 1519 UTC »
4095.740 KHz   DW.  Weak signal BAT 13.2 oTMP 47 iTMP 52 PV 392   
4109.400  KHz    Coast Slider. Weak signal

Will try to see if Hexie 2K will pop up on 6700.5 in a while
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1051 on: February 15, 2025, 1702 UTC »
6700.34 KHz Hexie2K! 
I had the radio turned down low but suddenly realized a weak signal was coming up out of the noise.
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1052 on: March 11, 2025, 1409 UTC »
4095.740 KHz   DW.  Big signal, +25dB over the noise. Telemetry BAT 12.8 oTMP 55 iTMP 64 PV 19   
4109.280 KHz   Coast Slider. Good signal, +10dBm over the local noise
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1053 on: March 12, 2025, 1451 UTC »
4095.740 KHz   DW.  Good signal, +10dB over the noise. Telemetry BAT 12.8 oTMP 50 iTMP 59 PV 1  at 0622 PST
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1054 on: July 04, 2025, 1249 UTC »
4095.650 KHz   DW.  Fair signal BAT 12.82 oTMP 80 iTMP 89 PV 2   
4109.400  KHz    Coast Slider. Weak but readable signal
7039.300 KHz  Russian "K". Fair signal
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1055 on: September 01, 2025, 1412 UTC »
4095.650 KHz   DW.  Noisy. Can barely here the Morse telemetry
7039.300 KHz  Russian "K". Fair signal here
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1056 on: September 26, 2025, 1424 UTC »
3844.400 kHZ   slow A, weak
4095.680 kHz   DW.  Fair signal BAT 12.7 oTMP 71 iTMP 77 PV 111   
4109.400 kHz   Coast Slider. Good signal
7039.300 kHz  Russian K. Fair signal
8495.200 kHz  Russian F. Weak signal
8495.300 kHz  Russian K. Great signal
10872.30 kHz  Russian K. Great signal
10872.57 kHz  Russian M, good signal, should be at 10,872.400
16331.70 kHz  Russian D? Very faint
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1057 on: September 27, 2025, 1516 UTC »

4095.680 kHz   DW.  Weak signal BAT 13.4 oTMP 76 iTMP 83 PV 81x   
7039.300 kHz  Russian K. Weak signal
8495.300 kHz  Russian K. Good signal
8495.400 kHz  Russian M. Weak signal
10872.30 kHz  Russian K. Good signal
10872.57 kHz  Russian M, good signal, should be at 10,872.400

Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1058 on: October 13, 2025, 1350 UTC »
3844.500 kHz  slow A
4095.680 kHz  DW.  Fair signal BAT 12.7 oTMP 64 iTMP 72 PV 2 
4109.450 kHz  Coast Slider. Fair signal here 
7039.300 kHz  Russian K. Weak signal
8495.300 kHz  Russian K. Fair signal
8495.400 kHz  Russian M. Very weak signal
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1059 on: October 23, 2025, 1325 UTC »
3559.900kHz  KOK. Decent signal
4095.700kHz  DW.  Fair signal BAT 12.7 oTMP 58 iTMP 67 PV 1
4109.470kHz  Coast Slider. Weak
7039.300 kHz  Russian K. Weak signal
8495.300 kHz  Russian K. Fair signal
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1060 on: June 20, 2026, 1317 UTC »
4095.700kHz  DW.  Fair signal BAT 13.3 oTMP 73 iTMP 82 PV ?69
7039.300 kHz  Russian K sent three times then a gap. Fair signal
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1061 on: September 15, 2026, 1444 UTC »
During the hot weather DW was hard to hear most times of the day but it's signal seems to be rebounding now

4095.71kHz  DW.  Fair signal BAT 13.6 oTMP 85 iTMP 82 PV 1124       14:44UTC 15sept
7039.30kHz  Russian K weak
« Last Edit: September 15, 2026, 1448 UTC by Teotwaki »
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1062 on: September 18, 2026, 1304 UTC »
3559.940kHz  KOK. Decent signal. Night time only beacon.
4109.370kHz  Coast Slider. Fair signal.
4095.650kHz  DW. Hearing weak whoops and a bit of Morse Code now and then.
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1063 on: October 11, 2026, 1426 UTC »
Raining today so the noise floor is quite low!

4109.370kHz  Coast Slider. Weak signal.
4095.689kHz  DW. Hearing strong whoops and telemetry  BAT 12.6  oTMP 59 iTMP 72  PV 66 at 0715AM PST
7508.700kHz  Russian D  weak
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1064 on: October 21, 2026, 1523 UTC »
DW has been really strong lately. This morning I have two logs that show no solar charging before sunrise and the start of charging (PV and BAT increase) about 51 minutes later

4095.720kHz  BAT 12.7  oTMP 68 iTMP 76  PV 1 at 0626AM PST

4095.720kHz  BAT 12.9  oTMP 68 iTMP 76  PV 272 at 0717AM PST
Jim
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