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Title: Windy - Letter "S" CW Beacon 4103 0830 utc 21 Dec 2020
Post by: l0ngwire on December 21, 2020, 0849 UTC

I tried listening for the Windy beacon tonight, but could not hear it on 4103.  Instead I am hearing the letter "S" sent about every two minutes. Speed is about 12wpm.

FWIW, while I normally hear the Desert Whooper beacon in the early evening, I can't hear it tonight at midnight, although it has a good signal now on the KFS omni antenna.

My location is Santa Barbara, Calif., and I am listening on a 50' long wire antenna with an Icom 7200.

Title: Re: Windy - Letter "S" CW Beacon 4103 0830 utc 21 Dec 2020
Post by: ChrisSmolinski on December 21, 2020, 1112 UTC

Windy sends the letter S when the battery voltage is low.  So you managed to hear Windy after all  :)

Here's my reception of Windy around 1110 UTC this morning using one of my KiwiSDR receivers (https://www.blackcatsystems.com/kiwi.html):

(https://i.imgur.com/7MxfoCD.png)