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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: vlfradio on October 17, 2012, 1019 UTC
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Updated (partial) Desert PHifer Beacon List - October 2012 - v2. :)
2025.16 kHz "Inyo Dark Ditter" 67 dits/minute. Night-only, about 2 watts output
to inv. vee on granite rock-pile. (s.w. USA in Calif.)
4096.24 "Hexie" 1 second-long dashes, 24/7, Joshua Tree NP, 400 mW
on since Dec. 1997!
4097.25 "Inyo Whooper" daytime-only, about 90-chirping dashes/min.
3/4 watts. First on April 2007
5205.3 "Sally" diter beacon in the Saline Valley, CA - east-facing
solar-panel so mainly morning only (a daytimer). 1/2 watt.
First on-air Feb. 2006
6626.3 "Rainy" - Mojave NP, CA - daytime ditter/chirper in
Mojave NP, 1.5 watts, first on-air March 2003
6626.2 "Rocky" a "buzzer-beacon" located in Inyo, Co, CA
with about 300 mW output - daytime only, first on-air Spring 2007
6700.5 "Hexy2k" Joshua Tree NP, 24/7, 100 mW to inv. vee, 150 mW
first on-air 29 Dec. 1999
8193.75 "MarinDit" - 24/7 in Marin County, CA - about 80 dits/min.
10-15 mW only - on-air since spring 2000 (an "attic beacon")
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DOA beacons due to battery failure in need of battery replacement
4096.1 "Coxie" - Joshua Tree NP - battery dead...
4096.6 "Kelsie" Mojave NP - battery dead...
Mysterious sudden disappearance:
4089 Death Valley Ditter "Scotty Beacon" suddenly QRT NOv. 2011
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Thanks for the update! I'll update the info on the wiki from this list.
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Hi Chris,
You're very welcome! Your HFU site and apps/sorftware are EXCELLENT! Thank you! -v-
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Now I know why I haven't heard the 4089 dasher...lol
GF
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yeah GF, I need to get there one day and hike up to its site and check out what happened (if the thing is still there). ;) 73 - -v-