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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: Looking-Glass on December 03, 2016, 0948 UTC

Title: November beacon log VK2XQ
Post by: Looking-Glass on December 03, 2016, 0948 UTC

The following have been noted throughout November...

3.334.8MHz  1817z  CW  "V" Khiva beacon, Xorazm region of Uzbekistan 539 report.
4.216MHz     1825z  CW  "TAH" Istanbul Maritime Radio, Turkish State Met Service beacon. 419 report.
5.055MHz     1831z  CW  "V" Khiva beacon, Xorazm region of Uzbekistan. 539 report.
5.154MHz     1833z  CW  "C" Moscow River beacon, Russian Naval HQ Moscow, Russia. 539 report.
5.376.2MHz  1907z  CW  "RK RK DE WJ5S" over and over, beacon? Maybe spy station? 539 report.
6.607MHz     1937z  CW  "V V V DE 4XZ" Israeli Defence Force beacon, Haifa, Israel. 539 report.
7.508MHz     1858z  CW  "D" Sevastapol Russian Navy beacon, Black Sea. 529 report.
7.988MHz     0915z  CW  "V V V DE 3LOVK" over and over, beacon?  579 report.
8.495MHz     1956z  CW  "C" Moscow River beacon, Russian Naval HQ, Moscow, Russia. 529 report.
10.871MHz   0651z  CW  "K" Petropavlovsk Russian Navy beacon, Kamchatskiy, Kamchathka, Russia. 419 report.
16.332MHz   0533z  CW  "M" Magadan Russian Navy beacon, Sea of Okhotsk. 559 report.
16.332.4MHz 0431z  CW  "F" Vladisvostok Russian Navy beacon, Far East, Sea of Japan. 549 report.

Title: Re: November beacon log VK2XQ
Post by: Josh on December 09, 2016, 1618 UTC

The 3lovk log is interesting, wonder who that is.

Title: Re: November beacon log VK2XQ
Post by: Looking-Glass on December 13, 2016, 2339 UTC

I have a strong feeling that 3LOVK on 7.988MHz CW is Indonesian as I do copy quite a lot of deep sea Indonesian fishing vessel traffic in CW on that frequency from their Purse Seiner fleets.  Often that frequency becomes quite busy 0700-1000z.