Remote listening to beacons 8 Jan 2016

[ChrisSmolinski]

Since I can't presently seem to hear the west coast beacons here, I used the Mojave Desert online radio this morning, starting around 1145z. Here's what I heard:

2008.42  Dasher, strong, seems to start and stop, not sure if this is the beacon or just propagation
2018.29  Dasher, very weak
2097.30  A - Very strong
4094.50  X
4095.94  "Viking" good signal
4096.29  "Hexie" presumed, appeared at 1428z.
4096.38  "Haystack"  good signal
4096.56   "Kelsie" extremely weak, only just barely there
4096.85   Fast dits, fairly weak, "Marin Dit" ??
4097.70   Weak, but a dasher of some sort. Who could this be? It is stronger now at 1445z and seems to be a carrier, so perhaps QRM?

I tried for Coxie on 4096.0, but not heard.

Interesting how much can be heard out there. I logged several beacons above that I've never heard here.

[tesla]

At 1542 utc I hear the the 7998.4 dasher well on the mojavie tuner...always fun to listen for beacons on that tuner.

[ChrisSmolinski]

At 1839:

4096.10   "Coxie" ??
4097.21    "Inyo Whooper" - Very strong, with a chirpy signal.
6626.09   "Rocky" - very weak
6626.48   "Rainy" - wow, a very strong signal. So strong I had to check my local radio. Nope, nothing, too early, too much D layer. Maybe later in the day there is a small window?
6700.43   "Hexy2k" - also a strong signal. Also not heard here.
8194.42   Second harmonic of the "Inyo Whooper".

A screen capture around 4096 at 1848z:

[Token]

2008.42  Dasher, strong, seems to start and stop, not sure if this is the beacon or just propagation

The last time I listened to the 2008.44 dasher, 5 days ago, it was on an approximate 1.5 minute on and 3 minute off cycle.

4096.29  "Hexie" presumed, appeared at 1428z.

1428z would have been about 30 minutes before sunrise at the receiver location, but the sky would have been brightening.

If you catch the Inyo Whooper as it is just coming on each morning the drift of each dash is small, almost making a "normal" dash.

T!