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22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons / Re: New beacon SE?

« on: April 15, 2021, 2313 UTC »

This is (as Paul Harvey would say)  "a strange!"

There's some discussion on the LWCA website about this one.

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Utility / Re: Beacon DESVO 8424 CW 0005 UTC 10 Apr 2021

« on: April 13, 2021, 0017 UTC »

de SVO 

Anyone know the power?  Nice copy here right now.

153

Equipment / Re: Shielded Loop (Come On , Feel The Noize)

« on: April 11, 2021, 1325 UTC »

Thanks for the link to W8JI's page....good information from a professional RF design engineer with decades of practical experience.

154

HF Beacons / Re: 6703.5 new dasher

« on: April 10, 2021, 2247 UTC »

Is this it?   Don't think so, this is 6700.5 on the KFS Omni

155

HF Beacons / Re: Hiker 8005

« on: April 06, 2021, 1509 UTC »

Nice snag Chris. Which antenna did you use?

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HF Beacons / Re: Hiker 8005

« on: April 06, 2021, 0241 UTC »

Nice signals out  of Hiker at 0230 on the SE KFS

157

HF Beacons / Re: Trifecta

« on: April 05, 2021, 0032 UTC »

Here's a shot of the neighborhood, with DW at the low end, with the solar tailed slow dasher above it. Up at the high end at 4102 area is Windy sending out anemometer data.

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HF Beacons / Re: Hiker 8005

« on: April 05, 2021, 0024 UTC »

I'm pretty sure I heard it about 2300.  There was a fast ditter just a bit under 8005 that showed up well on one of the KFS Kiwis.

Was a treat to see (and hear!)

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Equipment / Re: Interesting Chinesium SI4732 Shortwave/Air/FM

« on: April 02, 2021, 0038 UTC »

Found a review or two on Youtube...one even in English. Might give it a go. I saw that note about replacing the "chip" (what?!) .

As usual , there's the general clunkiness of operating all radios with few knobs but a lot of buttons (whether it's Icom or NoNameesium)

160

Equipment / Interesting Chinesium SI4732 Shortwave/Air/FM

« on: April 01, 2021, 2219 UTC »

https://www.amazon.com/Receiver-Airband-Portable-Handheld-Recorder/dp/B08ZDHT7LY/ref=psdc_172653_t2_B08Z8L9ZYZ

Anyone seen any reviews?

It's cheap enough I might take the gamble. After all:

Application: Si4732 radio receiver suitable for outdoor camping, listening to radio music in the kitchen, it is a necessary condition for participating in the parade and family life

161

HF Beacons / Re: Trifecta

« on: April 01, 2021, 1701 UTC »

Here's a nicer grab at 1700 z today.   Everyone is coming in nicely. Looks like a solar startup tail on one of the dashers at 4096.

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HF Beacons / Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6

« on: April 01, 2021, 1448 UTC »

Listened to DW last nite and could hear it inside on the whip  antenna on the portable. Really impressive performance for a very marginal receiver.

Windy appears here earlier and disappears earlier than the whooper.

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HF Beacons / Re: Hiker 8005

« on: April 01, 2021, 0200 UTC »

No joy tonight. Will try in the AM .  Glad to hear of a new/old beacon back on.

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HF Beacons / Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?

« on: March 31, 2021, 0208 UTC »

Windy with a whole bunch of pips this afternoon.  It's windy down at Windy.

Listening from the Central Coast, Windy is considerably louder then The Whooper at 0100-0200.

Again, even with just a 3' long whip to the Degen portable, Windy is strong enough to carry on a QSO.  Impressive stuff.

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HF Beacons / Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6

« on: March 29, 2021, 1725 UTC »

Thanks for sharing your observations on the PV telemetry.  I normally don't listen early in the morning as I have the opportunity to  this week, and the sun availability vs PV number correlates well to what you describe. 

I've noticed also, that the battery is pretty stout (especially given the duty cycle of the transmitter) and its recovery time is short, which supports your observation on the capacity of both. It's a well designed system and hopefully will be with us a good long time.

Wish we could send out the Geek Squad to service Windy.

  I had never noticed that last slash before telemetry as being truncated as I heard it yesterday. Perhaps the AGC of whatever radio I was using further shortened it to the "dit" I heard