Beacons and "discovery" of cluster

[Seamus]

Just got back home tonight, and while waiting for the soldering iron to heat up <*ahem!*>, I did a quick scan of my list:

14 November 2009 - 22:30
OK
Blinky
TS - very weakly
"Rogue" ditter @12888 - just barely above the noise floor
UFO

Also, while listening for BC, I decided to spin the knob upwards to investigate the "breathing" noises that I keep hearing there.
Seems that I have "discovered" the cluster beacons around 8495.  "D" was particularly strong, blowing its way through the spread-spectrum, or data, or whatever was occupying more bandwidth than my radio could tune at once (and which is responsible for the 'breathing' that leaks into the upper frequencies when I'm tuning for BC):

[chucks]

I was hearing the same "D" beacon on 8494.670 usb earlier. It was very strong here in south central Pa.
You have me a loss on "BC" I must have missed something along the way because I'm not sure what beacon your talking about, I know the piker/ 43 dasher in on 8494.70 or so when in sun but I wasn't seeing it.

had "CO" on 11002.7 with a fairly good signal in the 2200z time frame and "TS" on 8189 also.

Chuck

[Seamus]

Pike 26 went out of commission due to...er..."geologic shift".
It was retireved a short while ago, repaired, and redeployed as "BC", as per [this posting].

It's usually pretty weak here in upstate South Carolina, but it's in there when the sun shines brightly.

[chucks]

ok thanks I guess I missed that one some how.
Thanks

[beaconman]

D is a Russian Beacon....
BC stands for Ben Creek  thats the location that the new dasher
has been relocated...it is solar only its 26 dash/min rate has been altered to
46 dash per min...