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Spy Numbers / Re: M89 3.156Mhz CW

« on: January 07, 2019, 2234 UTC »

I was wondering where to report my logging this morning right in the 80m ham band.

I think I found it!  CW maybe 20wpm.

V 3JWV 3JWV 3JWV DE QH4P QH4P

3597.02 khz   1615z   8:15am local time here in California.. Can only hear this one during my +/- dawn hours. Far east?

signal strength just above my S2 noise level.  Similar to Looking-Glass: 219-319 report at best

Apparently causing quite a stir on the ARC-5 reflector according to a friend.  Speculation that it is Chinese military.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6960 USB 2245 UTC 5 Jan 2019

« on: January 06, 2019, 0049 UTC »

S5 here into Northern CA with a fairly low noise floor.

Good choice of music..... Appreciate the Power

0046Z  announced power as 300W PEP

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HF Beacons / Re: The 'Y' beacon in the Mojave Desert is now on 5644.0 kHz

« on: July 31, 2018, 0458 UTC »

Heard it finally.  Been trying for weeks.  Maybe the smoke up here helped!

Very weak here into Shasta County CA, 500-600 mi north of the Mohave, fading into nothing for 4 or 5 minutes, then coming back.

0448Z   5644.033

Using a KX3/PX3 combo and a Pixel Loop, also hearing it on a 2 el 40m yagi

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HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: January 08, 2018, 0550 UTC »

4095.855  Viking w/ the 3+ sec dash. Came out of the noise at 0525z for about a minute, then gone.  First time copied at this
                location.

2097.317  "A" beacon good with some fading

4096.378   Haystack  barely above the noise here

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HF Beacons / Re: Oh My! Its baaaack!

« on: January 08, 2018, 0534 UTC »

4102.895 Hearing just an occasional "S" at least a minute apart.  Very weak here.  Watching the battery voltage slowly drop over the last week.  I copied 11.2V last night.

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HF Beacons / Re: Oh My! Its baaaack!

« on: November 29, 2017, 0618 UTC »

0615Z   4102.85  good signal into northern cal

tmp 58  bat 12.7V   no wind tonight

have been hearing this for the last month or so in the evenings, good to hear it back!

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HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: May 22, 2017, 0438 UTC »

Haystack  4096.36     0435Z  May 22

currently a strong signal. About 10 minutes ago it was buried in the noise.

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HF Beacons / Re: Windy 4102.74 kHz 1300 UTC May 20 2017

« on: May 22, 2017, 0431 UTC »

Coming in strong here tonight. 0420Z May 22.   4102.72

TMP 86
B 130

lots of dits between the W's, looks like a windy warm night.

I last copied this beacon in Feb 2015 on a camping trip to Death Valley, so weak almost imperceptible at the time. It's been many years since I last heard this at my home QTH.

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HF Beacons / Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: March 24, 2017, 0025 UTC »

0010Z    6626.46  fast ditter (>10dits/sec)  Rocky? steady but weak
0018Z    4096.38  Haystack   extremely weak, long fades

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio GaGa 6950 USB 0028z Feb 19, 2017

« on: February 19, 2017, 0047 UTC »

SIO 444, some fading as we move into local sunset

0040 Night Moves- Bob Seger
0044 Hot For Teacher- Van Halen

Thanks R GaGa!

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Liquid Radio 6930 USB 0020 UTC 19 FEB 2017

« on: February 19, 2017, 0036 UTC »

Strong signal in CA.   SIO 555
0031 ID Liquid Radio and gave various parallel FM frequencies
0035 dance music

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HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: February 05, 2017, 0036 UTC »

late afternoon log:

0021Z   Haystack  4096.37   three sec dash, weak and sometimes covered by T-storm QRN

0028Z   Letter "A" beacon,  2097.31  weak but readable just above the noise

tried Rocky, Rainy, Hexy2k, Stumpy.  No luck today but all have been copied at this QTH

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6930 USB 0043 UTC 29 Jan 2017

« on: January 29, 2017, 0050 UTC »

0045 Z ID  Radio Garbanzo  

Solid S9 signal

10th anniversary transmission

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Ga Ga 6925 DSB 2357 UTC 28 Jan 2017

« on: January 29, 2017, 0039 UTC »

S8 to S9 sig out here in CA. Nice audio in DSB

0033 Z     Steely Dan song
0036 Z     Midnight Rider  Allman Bros
0039 Z     ID

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HF Beacons / Re: SHORTY 7998.3 CW 0153 UTC 12-27-2016

« on: January 09, 2017, 0634 UTC »

weak but above the noise here at 0629z.
18 dashes about every 2 seconds starting every minute, then repeating.
7998.33 CW
Not hearing Hiker yet.