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Teotwaki's Afternoon Beacon Log
Token:
--- Quote from: Teotwaki on March 20, 2015, 0018 UTC ---I am pretty sure that I am hearing the 3rd beacon that Token alerted me to and it is distinctive. A fast dit that sounds as if it goes up in frequency a little and the PX3's display seems to show that. Maybe a 2 dit/sec rate?. Currently centered at 6626.420 KHz. Local time is 17:05 PST
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Many of these beacons move around a bit in freq, so the relative frequencies of this trio can be different at different times.
Here is a spectrum shot of Rocky, Rainy, and the Unknown ditter. At the time of this image Rocky was centered on 6626.7, Rainy on 6626.4, and the Unknown at 6626.2.
I think this unknown has been there a while, just not reported. I would have to look at old SDR recordings to try and come up with a time frame, unfortunately Rocky / Rainy is one I tune to often, but almost never record.
T!
Teotwaki:
--- Quote from: Token on March 20, 2015, 1735 UTC ---
Many of these beacons move around a bit in freq, so the relative frequencies of this trio can be different at different times.
Here is a spectrum shot of Rocky, Rainy, and the Unknown ditter. At the time of this image Rocky was centered on 6626.7, Rainy on 6626.4, and the Unknown at 6626.2.
I think this unknown has been there a while, just not reported. I would have to look at old SDR recordings to try and come up with a time frame, unfortunately Rocky / Rainy is one I tune to often, but almost never record.
T!
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After a little while I did recognize the crappy frequency stability of a lot of the pirate beacons. I've been inconsistent about reporting it here as I was more about just logging that it could be heard in my location at certain times of day. Now that I have the PX3 display it does not matter what mode the radio is in as I can rapidly spot signals without having to tune around. My monitoring location is urban-noisy so it takes days with great propagation to hear a lot of these.
Token:
2143 and Rocky is gone, all that remains here is Rainy and the Unknown.
T!
Teotwaki:
6700.536 Hexie2K with mild fading
Teotwaki:
I am hearing the following right now at 18:10 PST local
6626.386 Rainy weak with mild fading
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