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HF Beacons / Re: 14398.4 Beacon

« on: March 10, 2025, 1707 UTC »

Looks to be around 13 WPM. And as of 1700 UTC today, both 7199.2 & 14398.4 are still active. The 14 MHz station sometimes sends at times the 7 MHz doesn't, so these must be two separate stations, although at times, they both send the same message, too.

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HF Beacons / Re: 14398.4 Beacon

« on: March 10, 2025, 1658 UTC »

If it is not sending a Ham call sign as part of the message I guess we can call it a pirate beacon. I'll try to catch it tomorrow using the home radios and some SDRs. Do you have a recording or a full transcription of the messages? What is the speed of the CW?

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Can't recall the WPM right off. The following is from a poster on UDXF, who had a much better signal than me:

Just copied the 3/6/2025, 17:30, 7199.2 CW message:
Very strong here in Mass.

; ; ; MESSAGE NUMBER 615,
TEMPERATURE 6,
BATTERY 13.2 ARMED PER 114,
TEMP 1 2.3,
TEMP 2 0.6,
TEMP 3 6.1,
UPTIME 475.1
HR
(End of transmission)

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HF Beacons / Re: 14398.4 Beacon

« on: March 03, 2025, 1604 UTC »

OK, a correction, I'm also seeing this on 7199.2 (half of 14398.4) in CW mode. It's a much stronger signal there compared to 14398.4. The station is sending message number, battery voltage & temperature at the top of each hour & 30 minutes after. I'm not sure this should actually be called a beacon, so if the thread should be moved, have at it. BTW, I'm in southcentral KY & I'm using a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP NA loop antenna & a RFSpace CloudSDR.

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HF Beacons / 14398.4 Beacon

« on: February 24, 2025, 1608 UTC »

14398.4 CW Sending temperature & battery condition today at 1601 UTC. Heard last week under the SHARES national net (14396.5 USB) on Wednesday.

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Utility / Re: 5286 USB 0215z 14 DEC 2024

« on: February 18, 2025, 2040 UTC »

Presumed MARS net.  Sounds like 8th Air Force Wing.  Multiple stations stations checking into net.  Good signals.  At 0220z, digital traffic.
Prefix is AFA
Abbreviated callsigns:
8MJ
8BS
8GJ
8WH
8FB
Multiple instances of digital traffic being passed between the various station.

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Not 8th AF related, simply MARS stations in Region 8. The regions are based on the FEMA regional plan.

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Utility / Re: ALE 11105 MARS?

« on: October 16, 2024, 1456 UTC »

Actual voice calls would be AAT0SJ & AAR0SJ. Both are Region 10 US Army MARS stations, but I have no idea on their exact location.

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Utility / Re: USAF HFGCS message at 20 MHz?

« on: June 09, 2024, 1857 UTC »

This was a USN station with a practice EAM prior to the April 18 2024 STRATCOM/Skymaster exercise.

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Utility / Re: UNID 6996 USB 0148 UTC 22 MAR 2024

« on: June 09, 2024, 1849 UTC »

This was a US Army MARS low power (QRPX) exercise.

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Other / Re: UNID CW 4251 0304 UTC 14 FEB 2024

« on: February 14, 2024, 1443 UTC »

Call sign NJDM is assigned to the USS Jason Dunham.

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Other / Re: UNID CW 4251 0304 UTC 14 FEB 2024

« on: February 14, 2024, 1406 UTC »

Loud & clear in southcentral Kentucky today at 1400 UTC.

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Utility / Re: SHARES North Net 6965 USB 0053 UTC 10 November 2023

« on: November 21, 2023, 0013 UTC »

This is a FEMA network. Net control is NNA5HF.

I tuned in to casual conversation about property drainage before officially seeking check-ins, then having heard a few, then sent digital traffic. Some traffic or other digital transmissions followed. After the initial flurry of activity, there was a lot of dead air (several minutes at a time) between net control transmissions and I did not stay with it.

Recording, including digital traffic: https://voca.ro/146vc7jT8ims

More info on SHARES: https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/programs/shared-resources-shares-high-frequency-hf-radio-program

Heard on the K1VL SDR in Vermont, USA.

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SHARES is actually a NCC (National Coordinating Center for Communications) program, not a FEMA net, although some FEMA stations do participate. The frequency should also be 6765.0, not 6965.0 & the digital mode heard is MT63-1KL.

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Utility / Re: USCG 14950 USB 1942 UTC 13 OCT 2023

« on: November 02, 2023, 0247 UTC »

I had USCG cutter Tahoma working COMMCOM on 14950.2 USB a few days ago.

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Utility / Re: UNID 14950 USB 1942 UTC 13 OCT 2023

« on: October 27, 2023, 1345 UTC »

UNID 14950.0 kHz USB 19:42 UTC 13 OCT 2023

19:42 UTC - ? 617 calling ? for radio check; (weak barely readable)
19:43 UTC - ? 617 calling ? for radio check; (weak barely readable)
19:44 UTC - ? 617 calling ? for radio check; (weak barely readable)
19:45 UTC - Short burst of ANDVT;
19:45 UTC - ANDVT traffic;
19:48 UTC - Short burst of ANDVT;  (nothing else heard)

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The actual frequency is 14950.2 (USB) & it's the US Coast Guard.

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Utility / Re: HFGCS Force Directional Message (FDM) and Emergency Action Message (EAM) Log

« on: January 26, 2023, 0335 UTC »

ABCP calls for January 25th were DOOR SILL & NAIL HOB.

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Utility / Re: UNID 6910 USB 1625 UTC 24 AUG 2022

« on: December 31, 2022, 0322 UTC »

6910.0 is used by both US Army MARS (USB voice, ALE & 110A encrypted data) & the NCC SHARES program (USB voice, Olivia & MT63-1KL data).