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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: beaconman on January 15, 2010, 2030 UTC
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PEANUT SITS at high location overlooking a valley...
The battery has no solar panel so hiking up to the beacon
will be necessary when the battery drains down.
Freq. 14400.8 kHz
100Mw but power will drop very low over time
40 dash/min
send reports to [email protected]
enclude :
Freq. and time in Utc
Also a wave file will give pictures of Peanut
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Best copy yet of Peanut at 2110 . ~40 Dash/Min . Light but Q5 copy on slow QSB peaks.
Also xlnt copy of CO on 11002. Seems like the ID has been sped up?
Good propagation today
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Your right it is 39-40 per min.
Thanks for report...
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Gonna go for a ride this morning to the other side of the mountain. Will listen for it on the mobile antennas.
Mark in NUT
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Okay, been out of it for a little bit, but...
Peanut was doing pretty well this morning - beautiful, clean-keyed signal into upstate South Carolina this morning as the ionosphere rearranged itself for daytime operations.
(http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_17-jan-2010_14-43.jpg)
Some fading, so the signal went from a beautiful "armchair copy" signal down to virtually nothing and back again over time, but when our little "nutty buddy" was in, it was IN!
Audio file: [link (http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_17-jan-2010_14-47.wav)]
Right now (14:55 UTC) it seems to have settled a bit in between the two extremes, with a good, readable signal, clean keying, no chirp, and only moderate fade.
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Nice report very nice indeed with the audio link...
Did you get the pictures from the sight?
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Peanut's still there, but fading.
Tuned in to hear it barely making the trip with a noticeable chirp and much weaker signal than before - don't know how much longer the batteries will be able to push a signal out this far.
(http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_20-jan-2010_15-55.jpg)
It's still there in the audio file, but a lot weaker: [link (http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_20-jan-2010_15-55.wav)]
Didn't see any photos from the site.
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Let us have a picture of your Peanut Baby!
//QRP
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1/23/10, 21:00-2102 utc, 14.399, s3, 30 dash/min, heard for about 2 mins - then faded out.
Location: NW corner of VA
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That report is important...
Peanut is now running below 100MW...
So you had a good catch...
If your interested in a picture or two of Peanut
contact :[email protected]
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Still there, hanging on by its nutty little fingertips!
(http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_24-jan-2010_15-10.jpg)
Just barely on the edge of being audible over the noise floor, but it's there.
Audio: http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_24-jan-2010_15-10.wav (http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_24-jan-2010_15-10.wav)
Judging by the signal falloff over the last few days, I wouldn't be very surprised at all if this was the last time I were to hear Peanut until it gets a new infusion of juice.
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As of 1801Utc Jan 24 PEANUT
has a new 5amp-hr battery with initial charge of 13.65Volts
The old battery was at 9.32volts so I suspect the out put
was a hand full of Milliwatts...
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Exellent copy into NC @2100 . .wav file sent.
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Heard just above the noise floor in CA right now.
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1/25/10, 1:04 utc+, 14.400, fair signal with fades, dash 30/min
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Much better, now. ;D
With the new battery, Peanut is having no problems making the trip out this way, even punching through local RFI and atmospherics today.
(http://www.rthtg.net/beacons/peanut_25-jan-2010_15-00.jpg)
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PEANUT is still 10db/s9 so its output is very good.
Look for it around 14400 today...solar flux about 80
so not that good but give a listen...
I operate a fair amount of qrp cw on 20 meters
so naturally this beacon is of special interest to me...
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Peanut has moved down around 14400 this morning...
still a good strong signal....
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Nice sigs from peanut today @2230Z . Slight QSB but good copy. Steady CW tone, no chirp
My waterfall isn't the best but peanut is clearly seen along the left border.
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PEANUT still doing fine at 14400khz
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PEANUT got a new battery today so it is back to full power
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It sure is.
I copy peanut better than CO tonite.