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Loggings => Fishing Drift Net Beacons => Topic started by: Looking-Glass on April 13, 2019, 2149 UTC
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There has been some good prior and after Grey Line openings this way, some of the beacons are around 569 report. Many of the regulars in each opening, the March/April log total is around 142 unique call signs so far.
12th April 2019: 13th April 2019:
Freq Mode Call UTC Report
1.776 CW 2AFFG 0732z 529 report. 2.108 CW WI2 0833z 559 report.
1.783 CW RO5 0915z 519 report. 2.110 CW NF7 0825z 539 report.
1.789 CW OA8 1430z 539 report. 2.148 CW UB7 0838z 569 report.
1.795 CW QG5 0917z 529 report. 2.250 CW AP2 0746z 539 report.
1.863 CW OB5 0833z 519 report. 2.277 CW SJ6 0836z 529 report.
2.281 CW BR1 0837z 559 report.
2.325 CW ER1 0824z 519 report.
2.151 CW CY9 0627z 539 report. 2.365 CW UW4 0822z 519 report.
2.153 CW AFVEE 0840z 529 report. 2.391 CW CG7 0800z 539 report.
2.165 CW HH3 0639z 559 report. 2.437 CW SK0 0756z 549 report.
2.205 CW BS4 0629z 559 report. 2.529 CW PS6 0802z 519 report.
2.206 CW CP2 0630z 529 report. 2.552 CW KL9 1040z 529 report.
2.225 CW FI3 0835z 519 report. 2.629 CW ZH5 0740z 519 report.
2.235 CW XY1 0639z 529 report. 2.665 CW VQ1 0749z 559 report.
2.243 CW BC1 0640z 549 report.
2.245 CW AI1 0844z 539 report.
2.286 CW ZE2 0619z 519 report
2.308 CW CI7 0605z 539 report.
2.328 CW QW0 0559z 529 report.
2.335 CW RV9 0603z 559 report.
2.338 CW SS5 0846z 519 report.
2.352 CW LC3 0600z 559 report. (continuous tx)
2.361 CW QW9 0610z 569 report.
2.395 CW ZF9 0556z 549 report.
2.431 CW WM5 0614z 529 report.
2.537 CW AI3 0615z 529 report.
2.565 CW DN3 0550z 519 report. (continuous tx)
2.609 CW CC6 0830z 529 report.
2.639 CW ZN9 0554z 559 report.
2.689 CW VM6 0620z 519 report.
Any one hearing the above please post your report here, I am under the presumption that all of the DNB's I am hearing are in the Pacific Ocean so east coast USA and Canada plus Asia HFU members may be able to hear same.
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Wow. Amazing list! Back in 2016 I caught just one: BFL4 on 1983 KHz. Knowing about the two you listed that transmit continuously will help me check for propagation conditions.
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They only transmit continuously for a certain period of time to allow the mother vessel to home in and retrieve the nets, longest I have heard in continuous mode is around two days maximum at very best.
March/April so far is around 160 unique calls from 1.7 to 2.7MHz, they are literally everywhere in that spread when the band is wide open.
Hard to work out where they are, I have compared their signals to those low powered on the NDB band and also 160m amateur radio plus the afternoon Grey Line path but it's amazing how the band differs in relation.
A couple of nights ago between 0730-1030z some of these beacons were 579 report on the meter, not bad for a tin can with a transmitter and whip antenna bobbing about the Pacific. :)
Good fun though, always pleased when I log a new one and add it to the list. ;)
Need some DXers who are into LW on the west coast of the USA and Canada to see if they are hearing same so note and times can be compared. No luck so far... :(
Incidentally, both LC3 and DN3 are back to normal cycle with the four minute key off period.
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They cheat because they use the entire ocean for a ground plane.
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my main limitation here is antenna length but it's still fun to see what I can hear
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I've monitored your list over the past week, had a really good signal from WWVH on 2500kc. Couldn't hear a one of them from the US east coast. Only heard a couple weak ones of the 4xyz variety, probably floating in the Atlantic pond. Summer t-storms will make it tough until later in the Fall.
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Thanks for checking, however, I think you would need to be on the west coast of the USA like California for example to probably have any chance of hearing what's on the list.
The one you have logged maybe from the Atlantic region, will have to Google your location as not familiar with the USA.
Pacific west coast region of North America would be the ideal spot for chasing anything on my posts.
A brief "Introduction to DNB's" is also on this site so you can read the basics about them, just from my personal experience.
Happy chasing and post what you hear... ;)