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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: FFZ on May 14, 2014, 0529 UTC
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Tonight I put up a HiFER Beacon (legal under Part 15 rules) centered on 13563 kHz. First three audio recordings emailed to (beaconID)@gmail.com will get special QSL cards. The only hint I'll give is that the beacon repeats a 6 character call sign at 9wpm. Let the fun begin!
73,
Benjamin
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not hearing your beacon at this time but will keep listening for it,
GNK is booming in here at the moment, strongest I've ever heard it.
Chuck
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Thanks for the info. I have a feeling it's not going to do too well to the east but we'll see...
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13560 + and - several kHz is one of several industrial frequencies used for heating various materials in factories. There is a large industrial/commercial area in Elk Grove Village IL just west of O'Hare field that is about 5 to 6 miles south of me. 24/7 there are various rhythmic weak carriers coming from that area. Another freq is twice that at 27120 kHz which can mess up the CB radio band. There is, or was, a factory in Wheeling IL about 5 miles north of me that used that freq. I understand that there is also 6780 kHz (half 13560) but I never heard anything there. There might also be 40680 (13560 X 3).
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hey FFZ has anyone logged your beacon yet. I listen as ofter as I can but the
only one I hear is GNK and usually it's pretty strong like tonight.
Maybe up the power abit :>)
Chuck
K3ETD
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Sadly, no logs. I'll have to see what I can do about the ERP. :)
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Sadly, no logs. I'll have to see what I can do about the ERP. :)
What sort of antenna do you have?
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It's a 20M MFJ HF Stick.
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ANYONE hear it yet? Where did you get the xmtr, a kit, bought or what?
THANKS
DOCTOR
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Because out west 13563 kHz is quite busy perhaps the fellow should choose a lower or higher freq. for his "contest" beacon (FFZ?) (so far that CB xtals can be pulled and pushed if in divide-by-2-mode, etc).
RR, VAN, Z2, ditters, and slow QRSS stations are in the 13562 to 13563 range in the Mojave Desert here.
-v-
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Regarding the contest 22m beacon(s) these are NOT related to it but went on air shortly after Easter 2014:
two northern Inyo desert: 13562.89 "RR-dash" (inv-L)
(drifts) 13563.0 "VAN" in an old 1974 camper van with 1/4 wave end fed wire - 10-15 mW both.
Dunno who is running that contest, and where and why...
73 -v-
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Sorry for the time it's taken to reply. Between my last reply and now we have welcomed a new member of our family.
As for the beacon, it is a home brew beacon based off the programmable Epson oscillator. The antenna situation is questionable and probably the reason no-one has heard it. I'll see about upping the power...
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congrads on the new addition. that will take up alot of your time from now on.
good luck
Chuck
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For heavens sake stay away from the bramble patch at 13560khz +- ... there is so much local garbage on that frequency all I can dx there are local business and plastic heaters...
:-[
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I never heard the beacon. Although propagation has been the pits.
If someone made those hifer beacons, plug and play, would be nice, just think someone would here a string of those.
DOCTOR
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HiFER Beacon on 13563 kHz moved and back on the air. No one has reported hearing it yet. Would love to see if I could get some reports this evening! TNX & 73!
Benjamin
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Another 24/7 Hifer beacon RQ 13.56355 Mhz that has been heard in AZ and LA might
be fun to try and DX
http://pinekenpokarate.com/hifer-beacon-rq-13-5635-mhz