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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: tesla on May 14, 2014, 2306 UTC

Title: Hifer beacon
Post by: tesla on May 14, 2014, 2306 UTC

Time 2250 utc   13563 khz

RR followed with a long dash.

Title: Re: Hifer beacon
Post by: cwguy on May 14, 2014, 2356 UTC

I can barely hear this when it comes up above the noise - but it's in there.  RR with a dash.

Very weak at this point.

2350Z

Title: Re: Hifer beacon
Post by: rdla4 on May 15, 2014, 0041 UTC

Audibel in GA at 0041 UTC. Very steady---but not strong

Title: Re: Hifer beacon
Post by: vlfradio on May 17, 2014, 0221 UTC

 Kudos gentlemen!  The "RR-dash" beacon on 13562.90 kHz is located in the northern Mojave Desert of Calif. with approx. 10 mW to an inverted-L antenna cut actually for 3.9 MHz.  A series LC tuner matches the beacon xmtr. to the RG-8 antenna feedline, -- the xmtr is employing a  CB-14 (~27.125 MHz) (3rd overtone xtal) into divide-by-two (74HC4024) IC to 2N3904 final.

It runs 24/7 with outages for Dxing...

Kindest thanks for your reports here at HFU!

vlfradio  :)