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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: Chanter on May 08, 2013, 0256 UTC
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While tuning around 13mHz or so tonight, I stumbled across what I thought was either a carrier or some RFI. I flipped to sidebands to try and figure out what it was, and... holy cow!
--. -. -.- GNK A beacon on 13565 LSB? What the?! It was loud and clear, easily SIO 555, at 0140. Still there at 0210 when I packed up and went home, and though I haven't checked again, I'll bet it's still going strong. Does anybody else have this one? Is it just a local or Midwestern thing, or are folks further afield hearing it too? And what's up with the frequency? I've never heard a beacon that far up the spectrum. Is somebody messing around, or has this been heard before? ???
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Its KC9GNK's beacon in Madison:
http://kc9gnkbeacon.webs.com/gnkmedferbeacon.htm (http://kc9gnkbeacon.webs.com/gnkmedferbeacon.htm)
Not hearing it here at 0302Z.
He also has one on 1704.3 kHz CW.
More on the HiFER beacons:
http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/HiFER (http://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/HiFER)
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Well frak! That explains the armchair quality of the signal, then. :P Guess I owe him a reception report. How have I never heard this before? I've been messing about that wavelength plenty, between AIR Bengaluru, Zambia and whoever else might be transmitting around 13600kHz. How the heck have I never heard this before?
I'll have to try for that 1704 one as well. I bet I'll hear it, now I know what I'm after. Thanks for all the info! :D
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He was QRT for a bit.
Here's the place for info on him and QSL:
http://www.lwca.org/mb/index.html
Peace!