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Messages - vlfradio

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HF Beacons / New 6870.05 Mt. Whitney, Calif. area dasher beacon
« on: July 22, 2014, 0118 UTC »
A new 6870.05 (with maybe 50 Hz drift) is dashing away 24/7 near Mt. Whitney, CA. 400 mW output. Antenna in Pine trees.  2 second long (approx.) dashes at 50% duty cycle keying on/off.

73

vlfradio

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HF Beacons / Re: DX-pedition beacon log
« on: July 04, 2014, 0227 UTC »
I Dfed (W) Wind-speed beacon in spring 2001 in the upper Colorado (not state of) Desert.  It was on 4095.5 kHz back then, before QSY to 4102.7. Employs three spoons (grapefruit type) on muffin-fan spindle - one turn of anenometer makes for one dit of the "ditting portion" of the ident using an optoisolator, then "W every 10 seconds.

It has been suffering battery problems for years now.

-w-

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HF Beacons / Re: Evening Beacon
« on: July 03, 2014, 0645 UTC »
Seems the TMP beacon is off air indeed - I last hrd. it in early May I think in Owens VAlley.

-v-

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HF Beacons / Inyo 22m bcns:
« on: July 03, 2014, 0430 UTC »
Regarding the contest 22m beacon(s) these are NOT related to it but went on air shortly after Easter 2014:

two northern Inyo desert: 13562.89 "RR-dash" (inv-L)

(drifts) 13563.0 "VAN" in an old 1974 camper van with 1/4 wave end fed wire - 10-15 mW both.

Dunno who is running that contest, and where and why...

73 -v-

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HF Beacons / Re: Evening Beacon
« on: July 03, 2014, 0427 UTC »
4096-7 kHz - Jim listen just after sunrise for the "Inyo Whooper" on 4097.25 daytime only within view if the Inyo Mountains,  Then about 0830 when Coxie down in Joshua tree 4096.0 or so wakes-up. The other unknown short dasher is there too - about 4096.6 or so - hrd on 21 June near Lone Pine Peak...

-v-

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HF Beacons / Re: DX-pedition beacon log
« on: July 03, 2014, 0416 UTC »
I meant JIM is camped up in Inyos at Cerro gordo - should be in the area to hear all the solar-only ones as groundwave or semi...

Listen on 13563 kHz...

FM 97.9 MHz


-v-

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HF Beacons / Sally-ditter saline vallley : Re: DX-pedition beacon log
« on: July 03, 2014, 0413 UTC »
It would seem that "Sally" 5205.3 Saline Valley daytime ditter is now QRT - nothing hrd. in very quiet Inyo locales of it in a year or so.

he (Tim) must Must be at cerro gordo... pretty close to me...

-v-


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HF Beacons / Re: Evening Beacon IDs
« on: July 02, 2014, 2248 UTC »
A - arizona, 4096.23 Hexie in JTNP, so. CA; and an unknown short dasher on what once was the MNP "Kelsie" frequency of 4096.6

also Coxie on 4096.0-ish shows-up daytimes now, again. n.e. JTNP.


--


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

-v-

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HF Beacons / Re: Hexy 2k 6700.5
« on: July 02, 2014, 2245 UTC »
6700.5 kHz or so - A regular here in the Mojave Desert - first OTA on 29 December 1999 - JTNP.

73

-v-

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HF Beacons / void 13563 for contest beacon?
« on: July 02, 2014, 2244 UTC »
Because out west 13563 kHz is quite busy perhaps the fellow should choose a lower or higher freq. for his "contest" beacon (FFZ?) (so far that CB xtals can be pulled and pushed if in divide-by-2-mode, etc).

RR, VAN, Z2, ditters, and slow QRSS stations are in the 13562 to 13563 range in the Mojave Desert here.

-v-

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HF Beacons / New RR (dash) Mojave Desert Hifer beacon information!
« on: May 17, 2014, 0620 UTC »
The new - on air since about 29 April 2014: "RR-dash" beacon on 13562.90 kHz is located in the northern Mojave Desert of Calif. with approx. 10 mW to an inverted-L antenna cut actually for 3.9 MHz.  A series LC tuner matches the beacon xmtr. to the RG-8 antenna feedline, -- the xmtr is employing a  CB-14 (~27.125 MHz) (3rd overtone xtal) into divide-by-two (74HC4024) IC to 2N3904 final.

It runs 24/7 with outages for Dxing...

Kindest thanks for your reports here at HFU!

vlfradio  :)

Reports so far from: NM, AZ, GA, CO, etc. (in the USA) - tnx. and 73 - propagation on 22 meters is amazing - F2, E-skip, etc. - enjoy! vlfradio

HFU Rules - the best beacon info site on Earth - no shite!

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HF Beacons / Re: Hifer beacon
« on: May 17, 2014, 0221 UTC »
 Kudos gentlemen!  The "RR-dash" beacon on 13562.90 kHz is located in the northern Mojave Desert of Calif. with approx. 10 mW to an inverted-L antenna cut actually for 3.9 MHz.  A series LC tuner matches the beacon xmtr. to the RG-8 antenna feedline, -- the xmtr is employing a  CB-14 (~27.125 MHz) (3rd overtone xtal) into divide-by-two (74HC4024) IC to 2N3904 final.

It runs 24/7 with outages for Dxing...

Kindest thanks for your reports here at HFU!

vlfradio  :)

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HF Beacons / Re: Morning Beacon Report 1045 UTC 10 Mar 2014
« on: March 15, 2014, 1109 UTC »
Hello Chris,

amazing Hexie in southern Moj. Desert regularly makes it into MD! Also Hawaii!

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

-v-

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HF Beacons / Re: Hexie Beacon 4096.28 khz 8:31 utc 1-2-14
« on: March 15, 2014, 1102 UTC »
Hexie has been going in the southern Mojave desert since 21 Dec. 1997! I actually do not know whom is maintaining it now... sure is in a pretty location.

see:

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


:D

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: X-FM 6950 AM C-QUAM 0206z
« on: March 09, 2013, 0356 UTC »
Strong S7 signal and great audio quality in the Mojave Desert (CA) tonight!

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