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Loggings => Fishing Drift Net Beacons => Topic started by: Looking-Glass on June 02, 2023, 1012 UTC

Title: DNB logs for June 2023
Post by: Looking-Glass on June 02, 2023, 1012 UTC

Friday 02nd June 2023:

2.694MHz  ON0  0850z  569 report.
2.691MHz  KA4  0853z  599 report.
2.671MHz  JW2  1817z  539 report.
2.642MHz  OR2  0851z  569 report.
2.619MHz  DB6  0938z  559 report.
2.616MHz  IR7  1815z  419 report.
2.600MHz  RZ0  0952z  539 report.
2.556MHz  GW1  1056z  419 report.
2.543MHz  OQ6  0936z  569 report.
2.463MHz  EL8  1038z  419 report.
2.441MHz  OQ2  0925z  529 report.
2.391MHz  CG7  0930z  519 report.
2.381MHz  ZP0  0919z  319 report.
2.373MHz  FY0  0854z  559 report.
2.333MHz  HZ2  0859z  419 report.
2.318MHz  LM0  1000z  539 report.
2.265MHz  DA8  0925z  529 report.
2.261MHz  OE5  0920z  319 report.
2.235MHz  OE5  1831z  559 report.
2.215MHz  EJ8  1030z  319 report.
2.212MHz  OB5  1001z  549 report. 
2.168MHz  RE6  1827z  319 report.
2.161MHz  ON4  1828z  419 report.
2.093MHz  IP3  1040z  519 report.

Title: Re: DNB logs for June 2023
Post by: Looking-Glass on June 15, 2023, 1018 UTC

Thursday 15th of June 2023:

2.696MHz  FS6  1850z  539 report.
2.691MHz  KA4  1830z  569 report.
2.674MHz  OZ5  0805z  579 report.
2.641MHz  NB5  0950z  419 report.
2.634MHz  OZ3  0817z  559 report.
2.624MHz  OR1  0723z  569 report.
2.619MHz  DB4  1815z   569 report.
2.609MHz  CC6  0726z  539 report.
2.600MHz  OQ0  1816z  579 report.
2.587MHz  OQ9  0820z  569 report.
2.586MHz  IT8  1826z  549 report.
2.556MHz  GW1  1812z  559 report.
2.398MHz  KK1  1821z  559 report.
2.338MHz  OR2  1822z  559 report.
2.210MHz  MH3  0801z  529 report.
2.178MHz  JT0  0816z  529 report.

Title: Re: DNB logs for June 2023
Post by: Looking-Glass on June 27, 2023, 0830 UTC

Tuesday 27th of June 2023:

2.751MHz  DF7  0804z  569 report. (misfiring due to fault)
2.751MHz  LC7  0805z  539 report.
2.721MHz  KM2  0809z  549 report.
2.711MHz  LJ6  0809z  539 report.
2.696MHz  FS6  0810z  559 report.
2.671MHz  JV2  0724z  549 report.
2.659MHz  OR3  0805z  559 report.
2.645MHz  NP5  0720z  539 report.
2.634MHz  ON7  0858z  549 report.
2.620MHz  OI2  0806z  589 report.
2.611MHz  NO9  0802z  559 report.
2.609MHz  CC6  0857z  529 report.
2.606MHz  ON6  0811z  579 report.
2.600MHz  RZ0  0759z  589 report.
2.600MHz  OQ0 1049z  569 report.
2.587MHz  OQ9  0752z  569 report.
2.586MHz  IT8  0800z  539 report.
2.572MHz  OQ8  0815z  579 report.
2.493MHz  OQ4  0844z  419 report.
2.465MHz  OQ3  1050z  579 report.
2.437MHz  SK0  0839z  569 report. (continuous transmission)
2.428MHz  OQ1  1048z  569 report.
2.408MHz  AG9  0842z  319 report.
2.407MHz  OJ2  0837z  419 report.
2.403MHz  CF3  0817z  599 report.
2.386MHz  MO0  1039z  539 report.
2.330MHz  LL2  0816z  529 report.
2.318MHz  LM0  1040z  559 report.
2.303MHz  OI3  1040z  559 report.
2.280MHz  SX3  0850z  529 report.
2.273MHz  FV9  0857z  539 report.
2.219MHz  JL0  1122z  419 report.
2.178MHz  JT0  1120z  559 report.
2.142MHz  LM1  1104z  539 report.
2.129MHz  FP0  1105z  319 report.
2.109MHz  IL1  1058z  529 report.
2.100MHz  WQ5  0812z  419 report.
2.070MHz  XK4  1105z  569 report.
2.032MHz  KK2  1053z  539 report.

Note:  Interesting to hear nearly all of the "OQ" prefix beacons in one session, only OQ2, OQ5, OQ6 and OQ7 missing.

Title: Re: DNB logs for June 2023
Post by: Looking-Glass on June 28, 2023, 0103 UTC

The "OQ" prefix for drift net beacons has only appeared from around May 2023 and I am one station short of logging the entire allocation. 

I wonder if the same trawler company has the "OQ" prefix beacons on their vessels?  Going back through the logs for the past couple of months a list has been compiled of the "OQ" beacons with all logged except "OQ5" which escapes me so far...

OQ1  2.428MHz  1045z  27th June 2023
OQ2  2.441MHz  0925z  02nd June 2023
OQ3  2.465MHz  1050z  27th June 2023
OQ4  2.493MHz  0844z  27th June 2023
OQ5
OQ6  2.543MHz  0936z  02nd June 2023
OQ7  2.558MHz  0911z  25th May 2023
OQ8  2.572MHz  0815z  27th June 2023
OQ9  2.587MHz  0820z  15th June 2023
OQ0  2.600MHz  1816z  15th June 2023.

Channel spacing is erratic, ranging from 13KHz to 28KHz apart in order of frequency, so it would be safe to say that "OQ5" will be hiding between 2.506MHz to 2.530MHz, presuming that it is fact on air.

Title: Re: DNB logs for June 2023
Post by: Looking-Glass on June 29, 2023, 0801 UTC

On the night of the 28th of June 2023 I sought out beacon "OQ5" with no luck, however the band was open and sister beacon "OQ6" was audible, maybe "OQ5" was not on air or out of propagation range?

Following the frequency pattern of the "OQ" beacons mentioned in the previous post I tracked back and forward in the frequency range 2.500MHz to 2.540MHz, the beacons listed below were logged but no trace of "OQ5" was found.

2.506MHz  CC1  1014z  569 report.
2.511MHz  GI9  0850z  539 report.
2.521MHz  ON2  0910z  559 report.
2.527MHz  PO2  0920z  549 report.
2.535MHz  CZ2  0859z  559 report.
2.543MHz  OQ6  0900z  549 report.