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Title: 4094 dasher
Post by: HQ180 on October 24, 2023, 1426 UTC
Oct. 24 time 1200 utc...weak copy on 4094.
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: Teotwaki on November 11, 2023, 1725 UTC
is it 4094 or 4069?

Title and message don't match but can be fixed.

Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: HQ180 on November 12, 2023, 1713 UTC
Nov 11 Time 0330 utc  Q5 copy.  4094.1 Khz  nice CW note no chirp
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: HQ180 on November 13, 2023, 1729 UTC
Nov. 12 time 0300 utc  Q5 copy.
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: mark-n-nut on November 22, 2023, 0410 UTC
been hearing this dasher this evening.  S-2 to 3 wit QSB. 0400utc now

73, Mark
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: HQ180 on November 23, 2023, 1708 UTC
Caught it at the same time as you Mark.
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: DYGradio on December 01, 2023, 0306 UTC
Got it here in AZ, first time I have been able to copy it above the DSL noise. It is weak but solid in my headphones on the Icom IC-R8500 and 60 ft E/W longwire. I can just make out a faint trace of it on the Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR Console waterfall on the SE/NW longwire. 4094.1 KHz 01DEC23 03:03z
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: Teotwaki on December 01, 2023, 0343 UTC
Quote from: DYGradio on December 01, 2023, 0306 UTC
Got it here in AZ, first time I have been able to copy it above the DSL noise. It is weak but solid in my headphones on the Icom IC-R8500 and 60 ft E/W longwire. I can just make out a faint trace of it on the Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR Console waterfall on the SE/NW longwire. 4094.1 KHz 01DEC23 03:03z

I listened here at home but no luck. I logged into the KFS SE kiwi and hear a slow dasher at 4094.100
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: mark-n-nut on December 05, 2023, 0119 UTC
hearing it here this evening at 0115 utc.  S-1/2 w/QSB. 

73, Mark
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: HQ180 on December 08, 2023, 1446 UTC
The 4094.1 dasher runs about 100 mw. So all in all it is a good dx catch when we hear it.
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: DYGradio on December 08, 2023, 2033 UTC
No joy here last night but I am working with one of my rotatable loop antennas that allows me to null out the DSL modem noise quite nicely. I was hearing other low powered signals in the frequency range last night on the loop with the modem in the null so hoping to fine tune this to catch 4094.
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: HQ180 on December 08, 2023, 2227 UTC
With all the xmas lights etc.  catching a 100mw beacon down on 4 MC is challenging.
Title: Re: 4094 dasher
Post by: DYGradio on December 09, 2023, 0535 UTC
4094 making it in tonight above an S1 noise floor peaking at over S2 using a homebrew 18" square Litz wire wound loop to null out the local DSL modem noise. The loop is six feet off the ground. A good amount of fading present. Noise floor on the 60 ft longwire is S4-5 and while the signal strength is also higher, the degraded signal to noise ratio degrades 4094 to the point that it is better copy on the loop and at times only present on the loop (two Airspy HF+ Discovery SDRs running simultaneously, one on each antenna). The bidirectional loop null is oriented east/west (very sharp null) with the wide reception lobes to the north/south (very wide). 4094.14 KHz 09DEC23 05:20z