Author Topic: 26.6000 (Read 2710 times)

myhfbeacon · « **on:** May 10, 2010, 2324 UTC »

hearing long dash and PDX on 26.600 at 23:15 z into Va. good signal..jr

syfr · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2010, 0014 UTC »

There's a lot of noise on that frequency. I see the occasional long dash also, but I don't hear any regular pattern to them.

myhfbeacon · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2010, 1912 UTC »

what state is the 26.6000 beacon located?....or what part of the country?...i am hearing it again..jr

myhfbeacon · « **Reply #3 on:** May 11, 2010, 2345 UTC »

hearing PDX on 26.6....alot of whooping going on there.....S 4 on the Alinco DX-77 and 80 meter dipole.....one keyup has good keying and the next has a lot of frequency shift.....strong signal...23:45 z.....jr

myhfbeacon · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2010, 2358 UTC »

capture of cw attached

cmradio · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2010, 0509 UTC »

Quote from: myhfbeacon on May 11, 2010, 1912 UTC

what state is the 26.6000 beacon located?....or what part of the country?...i am hearing it again..jr

DAID may indicate a Canuck?

Peace!

weaksigs · « **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2010, 2125 UTC »

Heard weakly three cycles at around 2109 to about 2116 UTC (/-)
Very weakly and did not hear PDX only the P and the rest of the
characters possibly obliterated by very strong localized noise.
Strange long dash for sure with a long break with no signal in between.
Listening on a random wire well tuned into Kenwood TS870.
Hearing lots of CB like chatter on adjacent frequencies.

Not hearing at all at 2122 UTC

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OOOPSS! Just heard one long dash and just the P for an id at 2124 UTC

weaksigs

wolf359 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 14, 2010, 0605 UTC »

The 26600 beacon that I know of is located in the Southwest US. It's actual frequency varies between 26600.1 and 25999.9 depending on the state of the battery. It seems to get quite weak when the frequency drops below 26600. It just transmits very long dashes at the moment, no ID.
The current duty cycle seems to be rather hard on the battery. In the future, the duty cycle may be lowered or the panel and battery upgraded.
It seems from what I have been hearing that there may be one or more other beacons nearby.
Here is a Argo capture that I took earlier. Notice the duration the ticks. loooong dashes

weaksigs · « **Reply #8 on:** May 14, 2010, 1329 UTC »

Hello Wolf 35!
Yes I see your ARGO display and the long dashes.
I know that several times I heard a cw "P" right after the dash stopped.
Perhaps this is another beacon or station by coincidence on a similar frequency
which may be closer or from the standpoint of propagation advantageous to
East Coast listeners.

I would not have mentioned this except that I heard several occurrences
of the "P" character after the dash. This continues to be interesting and
any other information that can be shared would be appreciated.

weaksigs

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