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HF Beacons / Auroral Chorus web site
« on: February 09, 2016, 1745 UTC »
I don't visit the site often so I had not noticed that they had posted a more recent (Jan. 2014) photo of the Rocky beacon

"6626.3 kHz center freq - buzz sidebands - daytime-only. desert s.w."



http://www.auroralchorus.com/4096khz.htm

Main site: http://www.auroralchorus.com/

NDB Beacons:  http://www.auroralchorus.com/ndb/ndbgllry.htm

Video of a 4096 beacon (4095.94 24/7, 3.5 second dash) install in Death Valley area, Viking Mine https://vimeo.com/150772315

The Viking Mine location is not too hard to research and locate and I think I would have a hard time hearing the beacon out here in Orange County (but you never know).

107
HF Beacons / Russian/Soviet CW Beacon reception, Fiji Islands, June & July 2015
« on: July 12, 2015, 0059 UTC »
I recently returned after 2 weeks on a few islands. I toted along a small CommRadio CR-1 receiver and a PAR end-fed SWL antenna. I will post up some short videos of the reception and post a link.

6-28 21:00 local, Waya Island and amazingly strong signals

10,872.3   letter K
10,872.4   letter M

I checked a few other frequencies such as WWV on 15 MHz and heard both Hawaii and Colorado

21:14 local

13,528.3  letter K
13,528.4  letter M

16,332.2  letter F
16,332.3  letter K

8,495.2  letter F
8,495.4  letter M

7,039.3   letter K
7,039.4   letter M


July 4th, Mana Island and much poorer reception

20:39 local  13,528.4  letter M

July 5th, Mana Island

16:15  hours local

16,332.4  letter M weak

20:50 hours local

16,332.4  letter M  fair

10,872.3   letter K  fair
10,872.4   letter M fair

21:01 hour local

10,871.7  letter D is weak


108
HF Beacons / Audio Recordings Of Beacons
« on: December 22, 2014, 1526 UTC »
I'd like this thread to only be a pointer with links and info for off-the-air recordings of beacons.

No discussions or hijacks on supposedly related topics.

Knowing what to listen for can really help a beginner. What to use to listen, when to listen and so on would be topics for other threads. Maybe if there is enough info it can be a sticky. Token has a number of good recordings with a spectrum display on YouTube but I had no idea they were there until last night.

109
Spy Numbers / Spanish number station 5855 KHz AM
« on: December 19, 2014, 0506 UTC »
On right now, very strong here in Southern California

Jim

110
HF Beacons / November DX-pedition
« on: November 24, 2014, 2302 UTC »
I just came back from the Hunter Mountain area of Death Valley and I recorded a bunch of audio that I'll post over on YouTube. The most interesting catches were:

The 4079.6 "TMP" beacon is still on the air but very very weak. The 4102.3 "W" wind beacon sounds as if it is sick, possibly a bad power supply. (?)

111
HF Beacons / Teotwaki's Afternoon Beacon Log
« on: August 16, 2014, 2146 UTC »
currently receiving 6626.3 "Rainy"  and 6700.5 "Hexie 2K"
21:42 UTC
Using the NRD-525

Jim

112
HF Beacons / Colorado beacon reception
« on: July 24, 2014, 0452 UTC »
On the 16th I was at 10,000 feet at Molas Lake, a bit south of Silverton and the noise level was really low. At 6:55 AM local I picked up

2097  "A" beacon, weak but clear
4094.5 "X" beacon, clear and weak with slight fading
4096.24 Hexie with the 1 second dash

Elecraft KX3 transceiver and a trail version of the PAR end-fed ham antenna

113
North American Shortwave Pirate / 6940 KHz at 14:00 UTC July 4th
« on: July 04, 2014, 1406 UTC »
short transmission of music at 14:00UTC just now. Modulation, audio quality and signal strength sounded the same as the UNID I just heard on 6925 KHz about 15 minutes ago.

114
HF Beacons / 2097 KHz "A" beacon
« on: June 19, 2014, 0507 UTC »
good copy here for the last hour, so call it 0500 UTC June 19th

115
HF Beacons / Hexy 2k
« on: June 14, 2014, 2200 UTC »
14:30 UTC good signal at Doheny State Beach campground in Southern California. Using my KX3 and a 40' end fed sloped up to a 30' fiberglass mast

116
HF Beacons / DX-pedition beacon log
« on: June 02, 2014, 2310 UTC »
5-31 041:5Z

4094.5 X beacon
4096.24 Hexie dasher
4102.3  possibly the W beacon but very weak

06-01 0400Z

4094.5 X Beacon
4096  hearing what sounded like a long 5 second dash
4096.24 Hexie
4102.3  W a.k.a. Windy beacon. Clearly heard W in Morse but interspersed with other Morse-like dits that made no sense. So is that supposed to be wind speed?
6626.3 fast ditter
6700.5  possibly Hexie 2

Was using my Elecraft KX3 and a center fed 132 foot dipole elevated 30 feet while camped at 8500 feet in the Inyo Mountains near Death Valley

117
HF Beacons / Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« on: May 27, 2014, 0402 UTC »
Nice copy on the 2097 "A" beacon tonight. I finally timed it at about 9 seconds between characters


118
HF Beacons / some mid morning catches
« on: May 25, 2014, 1738 UTC »
6626.3 about four "dits" per second (beacon "Rainy"?)

6700.58 about two "dahs" per second (beacon "Hexy 2K"?)

modest signals, right now, approx. 17:30 UTC

119
Other / Speech Inversion
« on: May 20, 2014, 0234 UTC »
a couple of folks right now on 6902


120
HF Beacons / Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« on: May 19, 2014, 1339 UTC »
4096.23 Hexie at 1300 UTC

More info:
http://www.auroralchorus.com/4096khz1.htm

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