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Loggings => Longwave Loggings => Topic started by: ChrisSmolinski on August 29, 2015, 2006 UTC

Title: Daytime Longwave Beacons 2000 UTC 29 Aug 2015
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on August 29, 2015, 2006 UTC

Basically the same as what I heard in June, except a few additional stations. All logged with a NRD 545 and a 200 ft terminated wire. This is giving me some ideas for an app... :-)

198 DIW Dixon, NC
204 MD Harrisburg, PA
209 SYS Somerset - Stoystown, PA
216 CLB Wilmington - Carolina Beach, NC
219 CX Harrisburg - Capital City, PA
223 DAA Fort Belvoir, MD
237 EZF Fredericksburg, VA
245 LUA Luray, VA
248 IL Wilmington, DE
317 CBE Cumberland, MD
323 GTN Washington, DC
328 BZJ Indiantown Gap - Bellgrove, PA
332 DC Washington, DC
342 PIX Picture Rocks, PA
349 APG Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
351 MSQ Culpeper - Stevensburg, VA
363 RNB Millville - Rainbow, NJ

Title: Re: Daytime Longwave Beacons 2000 UTC 29 Aug 2015
Post by: flexoman61 on August 31, 2015, 1311 UTC

Decent loggings Chris.
I'm new to LW, have only heard CLB on 216 kHz in NC
and DDP on 392 kHz in San Juan, both with CW ID.

Do all the beacons on LW have a CW ID? I pick up signals
on LW but a lot seem to be a digital mode of some kind.

I attached a screen shot of waterfall in FLDIGI of
291 kHz.

Thanks

Title: Re: Daytime Longwave Beacons 2000 UTC 29 Aug 2015
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on August 31, 2015, 1524 UTC

I suspect you heard one of the DGPS (differential GPS) stations. There's a bunch of those around that part of the LW band.

My MultiMode app will actually decode them and display the station ID: http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/cw-rtty-sstv-fax-psk31-packet-decoding-software.html