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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: K6FRC

« on: October 24, 2023, 1755 UTC »

K6FRC in and out this morning, fades up with good copy and a strong signal then back down after a couple of passes. Airspy HF+ 60ft NE/SW longwire. 13565.035 KHz 24OCT23 17:54z

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: PCO

« on: October 24, 2023, 1750 UTC »

PCO faded up very strong for a couple of passes this morning then back down into the noise. In there weak now. Airspy HF+ 60ft NE/SW longwire. 13563.5 KHz 24OCT23 17:49z

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HF Beacons / Re: S

« on: October 23, 2023, 1900 UTC »

S just above the noise floor with fading. Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft longwire NE/SW 7999.92 KHz 23OCT23 18:58z

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HF Beacons / Re: HIKER

« on: October 21, 2023, 2106 UTC »

Hiker faded up enough to grab some video if it. Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft NE/SW longwire. 7998.2 KHz 21OCT23 20:52z.

https://youtu.be/IWqb4xwg4-U?si=zL_tDCcEKRAUdaaI

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HF Beacons / Re: HIKER

« on: October 21, 2023, 2038 UTC »

Catching a few of the long dashes from Hiker, weak but there with deep fades.  Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft SE/NW longwire. 7998.20 KHz 21OCT23 20:30z

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: PCO

« on: October 21, 2023, 1906 UTC »

PCO with some fading but comes back fairly solid. Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft NE/SW longwire.  13563.50 KHz 21OCT23 18:50z

It sounds a bit chirpy in a couple of places in the video but I believe that is on my end, computer not quite keeping up while recording.

https://youtu.be/sDx4tx77OBk?si=JTVLRFXAAx0oDRcZ

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: Chirpy dasher 13556.38 kHz

« on: October 21, 2023, 1711 UTC »

Chirpy dasher faded up from the noise and over the CODAR this morning, fair signal. Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft NE/SW longwire. 13556.30 KHz 21OCT23 17:00z

https://youtu.be/CyLy9Pxjpbs?si=7BhKQsTdC6lnGDEy

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HF Beacons / Re: S

« on: October 21, 2023, 1654 UTC »

Interesting info, thanks for the frequency list! Helps sort out these nets from the actual HF beacons.

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HF Beacons / Re: Hexy2K

« on: October 20, 2023, 2210 UTC »

Good to know more about you!  Here is my 2014 beacon audio recording in frequency order

https://youtu.be/kbu3I75oit4?si=UpPIhdYsTBm5u_T6

Great memories there Jim! I have done a ton of monitoring up in the White Mountains of Arizona and amazing what can be heard away from the urban noise machine. I spent many an evening drifting off to sleep to the chorus of Coxie, Hexie, and Kelsie singing away on 4096 KHz. Moved out to a rural area end of 2018, now I have room for decent antennas and a very quiet noise floor. Not quite as good as out camping but a major difference from the east valley suburbs of metro Phoenix. And I retired on October 5th so now I have time.

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: Dasher 13560.36 KHz

« on: October 20, 2023, 0528 UTC »

Dasher quite strong this evening. On the Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft SE/NW longwire. 13560.27 KHz 20OCT23 05:13z

https://youtu.be/j7O61PEv6hc?si=26Q_3EggvXPVcKFv

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HF Beacons / Re: Hexy2K

« on: October 19, 2023, 2312 UTC »

Thanks Jim, its like an old friend. I used to catch it out camping over years ago. Nice to have one of the old timers still out there for, well, old timers like me 

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HF Beacons / Re: S

« on: October 19, 2023, 2259 UTC »

S Beacon 7999.92 KHz 19OCT2023 22:42z Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft NE/SW longwire. Very nice signal, on my YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/Q7Fx_c9y00Y?si=uzLTgZUPEVte6tOv

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HF Beacons / Re: Hexy2K

« on: October 19, 2023, 2006 UTC »

HexY2K as seen and heard this morning on the Airspy HF+ 60ft E/W longwire.

https://youtu.be/DMpjKCccyWA?si=iukfy3CInQAw3Tcf

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HF Beacons / Re: Hexy2K

« on: October 18, 2023, 1730 UTC »

Bill I have to believe this is either not the original HexY2K or it has been repaired or copied by someone and changed from its original configuration. You and I are both aware of how long that beacon would have had to have lasted to still be out there operational. If some notes I have are correct that beacon went up Dec 1999, hence Y2K. I hear it now every single day and it is fairly strong with a bit of QSB. Its gone by nightfall but if I am not mistaken the original was daytime only. I would think for you to no longer hear it would indicate some sort of antenna change but that is pure speculation. I was looking back and in 2007 I wrote an article for Monitoring Times that mentions it in the loggings along with several other familiar ones from then (third page of the article: "6700.0   Pirate beacon reported to be in California sending dashes. Weak CW at 1801") And I certainly logged it well before then... so I have to think this one is not the same one as before. But then... maybe the original still lives after 23 years... The article is on my web site if you want to take a look:

http://www.wb5dyg.com/html/GetOuttaTownP1.htm

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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: Dasher 13560.36 KHz

« on: October 18, 2023, 0458 UTC »

Took a quick check on 22M before calling it a night. This dasher is in very strong and solid, no QSB. No CODAR for a change and it is inside the bandwidth of the ever present mid band 2.5 KHz wide data signal always at my QTH but punching through nicely. No other beacons or signals visible on the band. 13560.25 KHz on the Airspy HF+ 60ft NW/SE longwire. 18OCT23 04:54z