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Title: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 22, 2014, 1526 UTC
I'd like this thread to only be a pointer with links and info for off-the-air recordings of beacons.

No discussions or hijacks on supposedly related topics.

Knowing what to listen for can really help a beginner. What to use to listen, when to listen and so on would be topics for other threads. Maybe if there is enough info it can be a sticky. Token has a number of good recordings with a spectrum display on YouTube but I had no idea they were there until last night.
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 22, 2014, 1527 UTC
On my last two desert camping trips I took short videos when my KX3 was tuned into the beacons. I slapped some of the videos together so that others might know what to listen for with these particular beacons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbu3I75oit4

2097 KHz letter "A"
4079.6 KHZ "TMP" temperature beacon
4096.24 KHz "Hexie" Beacon
4097.25 KHz "Inyo Whooper" Beacon
4102.3 KHz "W- Windy" beacon with wind data, no "W"
6626.3 KHz "Rainy" Beacon
6700.5 KHz "Hexie 2K" Beacon

All were received on my Elecraft KX3 while camping in two locations in the California desert. One was near Baker and the other near Saline Valley.
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 22, 2014, 1557 UTC
Audio of Beacon "W" also know as Windy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLpYIXNigww
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 22, 2014, 1606 UTC
Beacon "OK" by member kilokat7

3449.8 KHz Shortwave Pirate Beacon "OK" Received in Michigan Perseus SDR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFi_sx-pF70

Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 22, 2014, 1608 UTC
Here is Token's list from 2010

http://forums.radioreference.com/hf-mw-lw-general-discussion/190582-few-pirate-beacon-reception-videos-i-put-youtube.html#post1379971




4079.64 kHz, TMP in AZ: YouTube - Pirate Beacon, TMP in SW Arizona, Septembetr 10, 2010, 4079.64 kHz
4089 kHz, I think in Death Valley: YouTube - Pirate beacon, Death Valley Dasher, September 5, 2010, 4088.87 kHz
4096.26 kHz, Hexie: YouTube - Pirate beacon, Hexie in the Mohave Desert, September 10, 2010, 4096.26 kHz
4096.6 kHz, Kelsie: YouTube - Pirate beacon, Kelsie in the Mohave Desert, September 10, 2010, 4096.6 kHz
4097.26 kHz, Inyo Whooper: YouTube - Pirate beacon, Inyo Whooper in the Mohave Desert, September 10, 2010, 4097.25 kHz
4097.8 kHz, un-named dasher near Death Valley: YouTube - Pirate beacon, unknown dasher in California, September 10, 2010, 4097.8 kHz
4102.33 kHz, W, Windy: YouTube - Pirate Beacon, W for Windy, September 5, 2010, 4102.33 kHz
4102.8 kHz, un-named dasher near Death Valley: YouTube - Pirate beacon, unknown dasher in California, September 10, 2010, 4102.8 kHz
5205.36 kHz, Sally: YouTube - Pirate beacon, Sally in the Mohave Desert, September 10, 2010, 5205.36 kHz
6626.4 kHz, Rainy and Rocky together: YouTube - 2 Pirate beacons, Rainey and Rocky, in the Mohave Desert, September 5, 2010, 6626.4 kHz
6626.65 kHz, Rainy alone: YouTube - Pirate beacon, Rainey in the Mohave Desert, September 10, 2010, 6626.65 kHz
6700.5 kHz, Hexie 2: YouTube - Pirate beacon, Hexy 2 in the Mohave Desert, September 5, 2010, 6700.5 kHz
8000.5 kHz, S: YouTube - Pirate beacon, "S" in Colorado, September 05, 2010, 8000.5 kHz
11003.45 kHz, I think this is Echo: YouTube - Pirate beacon, "Echo" in Colorado, September 05, 2010, 11003.45 kHz

4097.8 and 4102.8 kHz un-named dashers, and their synchronization: YouTube - Pirate beacons, synchronized dashers in California, Septr 10, 2010, 4097.8 and 4102.8 kHz
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 22, 2014, 1611 UTC
2097 KHz "A" Beacon posted by chipensaw in 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bll8yc2aFM0
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 22, 2014, 1628 UTC
A number of HF beacons and other sounds by "Stage7" recorded in 2007. He/she appears to be located outside of the US

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USWvVNqv8L0
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1647 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFi_sx-pF70

3449.8 KHz Shortwave Pirate Beacon "OK" Received in Michigan Perseus SDR  by kilokat7 in 2010
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1649 UTC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfxgD0U54bo

Russian Beacon 'R' - Shortwave 4327Khz  by JohnnyX50 in 2010
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1651 UTC
6840.6 KHz Shortwave Pirate Beacon "BA" Received in Michigan Perseus SDR by Kilokat7 in 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G02vDBzBeQ
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1658 UTC
Pirate Beacon, "CZ", unknown location, October 7, 2012, 0003 UTC, 11428.72 kHz  by Token

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUPPtYBNsr4
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1701 UTC
Pirate Beacon, unknown dasher, September 29, 2012, 1228 UTC, 2018.3 kHz, CW by Token

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HXCt-wQAQc
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1706 UTC
Pirate Beacon, MarinDit, October 06, 2012, 2148 UTC, 8193.7 kHz  by Token

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXWYxmnN_RU
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1709 UTC
Pirate Beacon, unknown dasher, September 29, 2012, 1229 UTC, 2008.4 kHz, CW  by Token

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_IU6gG938c
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1712 UTC
Pirate Beacon, unknown dasher, September 29, 2012, 1147 UTC, 2025.2 kHz, CW  by Token

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25Fo4bc85BM
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1715 UTC
Pirate Beacon, TR, April 11, 2011, 2219 UTC, 6926.1 kHz  by Token

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wDmTGZBoN8
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on December 31, 2014, 1717 UTC
Beacon D - 5.153 Khz MX beacon Odessa Sevastopol Russia  by Ratredor27 in 2012


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ZRMJYn2cI
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on March 16, 2015, 0518 UTC
13,558.855 unknown beacon  

Here is what I am hearing in Southern California on a video. There is a double PIP in the first second or two of video then 57 PIPs and at 1:02 a double PIP

Video/Audio at https://youtu.be/DLMZOSGsSv8


EDIT  Mar 18, 2015
It turns out that it is not a beacon but is some digital signal centered more at 13,560 KHz as can be seen in this waterfall display. What was thought to be a beacon or "pip" was just one component of the whole signal.

(http://i.imgur.com/iNMZI5P.png?1)
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on March 21, 2015, 1532 UTC
a useful YouTube recording to help ID other strange sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNZBuxIbWM0
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on February 09, 2016, 1748 UTC
Video of a 4096 beacon (4095.94 24/7, 3.5 second dash) install in Death Valley area, Viking Mine https://vimeo.com/150772315

Relatively new beacon!
Title: Re: Audio Recordings Of Beacons
Post by: Teotwaki on May 14, 2017, 0040 UTC
DRNK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B98JUpTJDng

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