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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: dogman on July 13, 2021, 1417 UTC

Title: HIKER
Post by: dogman on July 13, 2021, 1417 UTC
I'm hearing  HKR on 8005khz on the KFS omni antenna  S5 at times
time 1415 utc
Title: Re: HKR
Post by: dogman on July 16, 2021, 1930 UTC
HKR is coming into KFS sdr and NUT sdr  time is 1925 utc..
a lot stronger on the NUT sdr.

FREQ. 8005 khz
Title: Re: HKR
Post by: syfr on July 17, 2021, 1358 UTC
Pretty sure I caught hkr just before a large 500Kc wide QRM monster appeared just a bit lower and swallowed up much of the spectrum. Must be some sort of locally (to KFS Omni) noise source.
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: Dave Richards on July 09, 2022, 2301 UTC
From my current QTH in Panguitch, in SW Utah, I am copying what I am told is Hiker, on about 7998.17KHz. About 90 beeps every 60 seconds.

I first heard it on 7/07/2022 at 0930 MDT (1530z) at about a 539, and again on 7/09/2022 at 1700 MDT (2300z) at about a 419.

Receiver is the Belka DX with 28" whip.
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on July 09, 2022, 2339 UTC
It is coming in well on the NUT sdr...time now is 2338 utc...
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on July 18, 2022, 1442 UTC
Hiker in fast mode on 7998.2 khz coming in well on the HQ180.
Also KPH sdr and NUT sdr...time 1440 utc
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: Teotwaki on July 18, 2022, 1510 UTC
Hiker is still coming into Utah's #1 omni kiwi 7998.18 KHz narrow CW filter
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on August 21, 2022, 1629 UTC
Hiker Q4 into KFS omni antenna time now is 1628 utc...
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on August 30, 2022, 1350 UTC
HIKER  7998.2 khz up to S6 on the KFS omni time is1345 utc...
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on August 31, 2022, 1433 UTC
Weak into KFS omni antenna  but solid copy...7998.2 khz along with some SSB chatter near by.
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on September 09, 2022, 1711 UTC
Hiker Beacon heard on the KPH sdr.  time around 1600 utc freq. 7998.2
Glad to see it is still on the air. Nothing here in Colorado.
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on September 20, 2022, 1255 UTC
HIKER on its standard Freq. 7998.2 is S6 on the KFS sdr...time was 1250 utc when I checked it.
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on September 29, 2022, 1408 UTC
Nice copy on HIKER at 1400 utc 7998.2 khz
Also on a Colorado SDR http://kiwisdr.gritch.org/ (http://kiwisdr.gritch.org/)
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on October 18, 2022, 1448 UTC
Nice copy on Hiker 7998.2 khz and on my old HQ 180 at that.
It is also coming into this colorado sdr   http://n0emp.ddns.net:8073/ (http://n0emp.ddns.net:8073/)

Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: Teotwaki on October 19, 2022, 1348 UTC
Earlier this morning I picked up Hiker/Shorty here at home and it was happily beeping away for maybe an hour and now it has transitioned to series of long dashes and long spaces, maybe 3-4 sec each.
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on October 19, 2022, 1531 UTC
Good catch on your part...the slow dash mode  does not occur very often based on my listening.
Generally when I have caught Hiker in slow dash mode a SKY KING cw message follows.
I did catch four or five cw messages this past summer...they mainly were about the operators
fishing adventures.  The operator uses a J 37 leg key from the Vietnam days.
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: mark-n-nut on October 21, 2022, 1604 UTC
Hearing HIKER here again this morning at 1600 utc.  Nice signal.

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Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on November 02, 2022, 1415 UTC
Hiker heard at 1412 utc  ...good copy.
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: HQ180 on November 03, 2022, 2217 UTC
Hiker weak but starting to increase in signal level time 2215 utc
Title: Re: HIKER
Post by: mark-n-nut on November 08, 2022, 2318 UTC
good copy of hiker here this afternoon at 2315 utc.

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