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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: tesla on January 26, 2018, 2127 UTC
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I haven't heard this beacon in a long time...6700.48 khz 2120 utc ...weak but lots of fade ups...
glad to know it is still on the air...
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Jan 27 at 1700 utc this morning it was q5 copy ...
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FEB 27 Time 2255 utc 6700.5khz dasher in there for 4-5 min q4 copy.
I think this beacon has been on the air close to 20 years
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It's been on my "try to listen to" list for about that long I think ;D
I've tried for it late in the day here in the winter, when there might be a path, but it is early enough that the beacon should still be in daylight (IIRC it is a daytime only beacon?), but no luck hearing it. Maybe one of these days...
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Hexy 2K is coming in on 7600.5 at about S2 to the KPH SDR in Point Reyes, CA at 2115 utc.
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Amazingly strong here in the southern Owens Valley in early April on a couple of desert-walks when I rolled out a "mini-Beverage" on the ground (mBOG) aimed toward the beacon's direction (southerly) and it was strong on peaks generally mid-day thanks to some decent shorter-skip on 6.7 MHz when a coronal-hole occurs, helping the MUF peak up a tad. I've also recorded it via the KPH KiwiSDR (near where I extensively DXed MW and LW in the early to mid-80s) at Pt. Reyes North Beach.
Via a few listens to KPH rx., I think 6700.4 Hexy2K is about 10dB stronger on peaks than the "Rocky" beacon fast-dashing on 6626.2 kHz (with its stronger paired beacon "Rainy") as it *does* have a good (in-clear) inverted-vee down there in the granite boulder land...
73-MB (SPMcG.)