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Loggings => HF Beacons => Topic started by: HQ180 on July 11, 2022, 1435 UTC
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Freq: 7956 khz time 1400 utc...weak but in there a crying dash ever second ...
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CRY BABY solid copy on the NUT sdr 1440utc. 7956 Khz
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Although I'm not copying it from my current QTH in SW Utah, I hope to be heading a bit further north next week. Will take a listen for it then.
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Today July 29th I went for an early morning hike and took the KA1103 receiver with me..
I caught Cry Baby on 7956 khz at 1300 utc...
I think someone said years ago it was about 10 mw output...
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July 30 at 1315 utc I started hearing Cry Baby it was weak but in there none the less by 1330utc it faded out.
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Cry Baby 7956 khz fading up as of 1400 utc about a dash per second
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From what part of the country is this beacon most audible? I've been trying KiwiSDR's in various locations in the west and haven't heard it yet. Does it transmit 24/7 or is it solar powered?
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Thats a good question. There are those rare times in the fall and winter I catch it
coming into Colorado and now and then up on the NUT sdr. I have even heard it
on the KPH SDR. I keep its freq. in my receivers memory and therefore check it out most every day. I do the same with Cry Baby. Word has it that it operates at a 10mw power. From a Rumor Mill source ( not absolutely reliable), A human or a squirrel cut though
the positive lead from its battery to the transmitter.
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CRY Baby coming into the NUT sdrhttp://kiwisdr1.sdrutah.org:8073/ (http://kiwisdr1.sdrutah.org:8073/)
The time is 1446utc very good copy 7956 khz
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Thanks HQ180. Just heard Cry Baby very faintly on the NUT SDR, on 7956, at 1600z on 9-12-2022.
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CRY BABY very good copy on the NUT sdr time now is 1425 utc
7956 khz
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CRY BABY crying on the NUT sdr time now is 1332utc 7956 khz
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From a Rumor Mill source ( not absolutely reliable), A human or a squirrel cut though
the positive lead from its battery to the transmitter.
Rodents love to do that. I had a small solar powered data logger where a wood rat chewed through the solar panel cable. Crybaby's creators need to add some tubular woven metal braid to the cable's exterior and the problem will go away.
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CRY BABY making it into the KFS sdr 7956 khz ..1345 utc