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Author Topic: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc  (Read 13324 times)

beaconman

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PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« on: January 15, 2010, 2030 UTC »
PEANUT SITS at high location overlooking a valley...
The battery has no solar panel so hiking up to the beacon
will be necessary when the battery drains down.

Freq. 14400.8 kHz
100Mw but power will drop very low over time
40 dash/min



send reports to hiferbeacon@yahoo.com
enclude :
Freq. and time in Utc
Also a wave file will give pictures of Peanut
« Last Edit: January 17, 2010, 2333 UTC by Beaconman »
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Offline syfr

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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2010, 2128 UTC »
Best copy yet of Peanut at 2110 . ~40 Dash/Min . Light but Q5 copy on slow QSB peaks.

Also xlnt copy of CO on 11002. Seems like the ID has been sped up?

Good propagation today
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beaconman

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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2010, 2147 UTC »
Your right it is  39-40 per min.
Thanks for report...
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Offline mark-n-nut

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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #3 on: January 16, 2010, 1648 UTC »

Gonna go for a ride this morning to the other side of the mountain.  Will listen for it on the mobile antennas.

Mark in NUT
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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2010, 1457 UTC »
Okay, been out of it for a little bit, but...

Peanut was doing pretty well this morning - beautiful, clean-keyed signal into upstate South Carolina this morning as the ionosphere rearranged itself for daytime operations.



Some fading, so the signal went from a beautiful "armchair copy" signal down to virtually nothing and back again over time, but when our little "nutty buddy" was in, it was IN!

Audio file: [link]

Right now (14:55 UTC) it seems to have settled a bit in between the two extremes, with a good, readable signal, clean keying, no chirp, and only moderate fade.
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beaconman

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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2010, 1536 UTC »
Nice report very nice indeed with the audio link...
Did you get the pictures from the sight?
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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #6 on: January 20, 2010, 1611 UTC »
Peanut's still there, but fading.

Tuned in to hear it barely making the trip with a noticeable chirp and much weaker signal than before - don't know how much longer the batteries will be able to push a signal out this far.



It's still there in the audio file, but a lot weaker: [link]

Didn't see any photos from the site.
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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2010, 1500 UTC »
Let us have a picture of your Peanut Baby!
//QRP
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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2010, 2108 UTC »
1/23/10, 21:00-2102 utc, 14.399, s3, 30 dash/min, heard for about 2 mins - then faded out.
Location: NW corner of VA
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beaconman

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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2010, 2123 UTC »
That report is important...
Peanut is now running below 100MW...
So you had a good catch...

If your interested in a picture or two of Peanut
contact :hiferbeacon@yahoo.com
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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2010, 1522 UTC »
Still there, hanging on by its nutty little fingertips!



Just barely on the edge of being audible over the noise floor, but it's there.

Audio:  http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_24-jan-2010_15-10.wav

Judging by the signal falloff over the last few days, I wouldn't be very surprised at all if this was the last time I were to hear Peanut until it gets a new infusion of juice.
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beaconman

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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2010, 1839 UTC »
As of 1801Utc Jan 24 PEANUT
has a new 5amp-hr battery with initial charge of 13.65Volts
The old battery was at 9.32volts so I suspect the out put
was a hand full of Milliwatts...

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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2010, 2110 UTC »
Exellent copy into NC @2100 .   .wav file sent.
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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2010, 2235 UTC »
Heard just above the noise floor in CA right now.
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Re: PROJECT PEANUT launched today at 1800Utc
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2010, 0107 UTC »
1/25/10, 1:04 utc+, 14.400, fair signal with fades, dash 30/min
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