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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: Teotwaki on June 15, 2021, 0330 UTC
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I was checking on DW and Windy and saw a big CW signal nearby on the KX3's panadaptor.
So I tuned in to check out the Morse.
Dash
8 dits
BEACON L
TMP 35
BAT 129
8 dits
Repeats about 45 seconds. Assume temp is in Celsius.
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Had a thought that maybe the recent "L" beacon on 4096.12 was rebuilt?
Am wondering if in this new beacon's sequence if the "L" is a placeholder for digits that might be sent when daylight hits a solar panel?
It could be that no digits are sent when things are dark. Will check in the morning.
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Maybe I got things wrong and the first dash is just a marker in the sequence. So I will just call this “Beacon L”
Signal strength is still high here at home. Battery voltage is unchanged at this posting at 12.9 and temp is at 33.
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Maybe I got things wrong and the first dash is just a marker in the sequence. So I will just call this “Beacon L”
Signal strength is still high here at home. Battery voltage is unchanged at this posting at 12.9 and temp is at 33.
I was thinking the same thing, it says BEACON L, so maybe its name should be L.
I noticed this beacon yesterday, but I have no idea how long it has been active, yesterday was literally the first day I have looked at this freq area in more than a week.
T!
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I was thinking the same thing, it says BEACON L, so maybe its name should be L.
I noticed this beacon yesterday, but I have no idea how long it has been active, yesterday was literally the first day I have looked at this freq area in more than a week.
T!
I've been logging data every day from a couple of beacons this month (except on the 5th) and always have the panadaptor on. "L" has a big signal that really sticks out so I'm going with yesterday as the launch. Unless someone PM's me with some "rumors" about deployment (and tech details). 8)
A few observations. The battery has only moved up by a tenth of a volt this morning so must be a small AH solar panel and "large" AH battery. Temps seem to indicate a desert-ish area. Reading temp in Celsius without tenths of a degree seems a bit coarse compared to reading in Fahrenheit.
I've added this new L beacon to the master list. Congratulations to the creator for launching something new!
Jim
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Good signal in Nor Cal 1 hour before sunrise (S 4-5) on my 120' wire.
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At this location beacon “L” is 579, 17 June with some QSB at 0003Z.
Beacon “L” seems to be sky wave for me, very weak to unreadable from 1600Z until 0100Z, then it pops out of the noise very rapidly and goes through a series of deep fades as the dark hours proceed through dawn. Yesterday, 16 June at 0322Z “L” hit 589 and was very steady in signal strength until 1100Z, then completely faded out until 1350Z.
I have been following “L” over its on/off presence since October 2020, there seems to be a little development going on? Back in October “L” was a simple ID only beacon and now it’s getting into a bit more sophistication with telemetry, good to see.
Receiver KiwiSDR
Ant: 80m dipole at 15m
location: DM12
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Good signal here at home. TMP 33 BAT 13.0
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Beacon L is also missing today. :( :( :(
It was big and strong earlier today. Windy is still hanging in there so it is odd that DW and L disappeared on the same day when both had survived such high heat yesterday.
Hopefully there is not some jealous radio vigilante out there hunting down harmless hobby beacons but instead it will turn out to be a case of heat stroke for some weak Chicom components in DW and L.