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HF Beacons / 4110 Whooper-Type Signal At 1035z
« on: January 22, 2022, 1039 UTC »
At 1035z on 22 Jan 2022 on 4110 I am hearing a signal similar to the Desert Whooper's "whoop", but with no CW characters.  It is about one second long, with a one second pause between transmissions.

A pirate beacon or a utility signal of some kind?

--Lee in Santa Barbara.

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HF Beacons / Re: 4100.04 KHz "H"
« on: January 22, 2022, 1021 UTC »
Zeak, good catch hearing both the H and F beacons at the same time on 4100.  So it appears that the newer F beacon is not the reconfigured H beacon.

Related trivia:  in the late afternoons or early evenings I get on 80m SSB to talk to a ham friend in San Bernardino, about 150 miles from my Santa Barbara location.  I've noticed that if I can't hear the Desert Whooper beacon, I am more likely also not to he able to hear my friend.  So DW acts as a useful propagation beacon for me.

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HF Beacons / Re: 4100 Letter "F" Beacon
« on: January 21, 2022, 0917 UTC »
Here in Santa Barbara I am hearing the F beacon at 0913 UTC, but could not hear it an hour ago.  No copy on the Desert Whooper tonight.

I can also hear the F beacon on the KFS SDRs--it is strongest on the Southeast SDR, and a little weaker on the omni SDR.


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HF Beacons / 4100 Letter "F" Beacon
« on: January 20, 2022, 0742 UTC »
At 0730 UTC on 20 Jan 2022 on 4100.0 I am hearing a F beacon in Santa Barbara. Wonder if it is from the same site as the H beacon, which I have not heard in several weeks?

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Radio Pushka 6920 AM 2015 UTC 19 JAN 2022
« on: January 20, 2022, 0728 UTC »
I hear it weakly in Santa Barbara at 0730 UTC.

Radio Pushka, do you have SSB?. It travels further, although with less fidelty.

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HF Beacons / Re: 4100.04 KHz "H"
« on: December 07, 2021, 0849 UTC »
Tonight I am hearing the H beacon very weakly in DM04 at a slightly lower frequency.  I used to copy it at 4100.2, but at 0840z I am hearing it slightly lower at 4099.8.  My Icom 7200 is quite stable in the CW mode, and it appears the H beacon has drifted downward slightly.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: Coastal Rock Radio 6925 AM 0007 UTC 29 Nov 2021
« on: November 29, 2021, 0822 UTC »
Weak AM carrier at 0818 in Santa Barbara.  On the Mojave SDR on 6925 am hearing weak AM signal with rock music.

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HF Beacons / Re: 4100.04 KHz "H"
« on: November 26, 2021, 0855 UTC »
Tonight at 0850 I can hear the "H" beacon directly here in Santa Barbara.  I can't hear Windy or the Desert Whooper.

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10/11 meters / Re: 11 meter beacons
« on: August 31, 2021, 0730 UTC »
In the early 1990s I used to hear extremely slow and chirpy CW beacons around 27500 when 10/11 was open to Asia.  I posted the question on a radio forum, and someone suggested they might be drift fishing net beacons.

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HF Beacons / Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« on: August 31, 2021, 0709 UTC »
I am listening to Windy at 07:00 UTC, and I believe the anemometer/wind speed gauge is malfunctioning.  When it gives the usual "W" character there is an about 12 second-long dash, instead of the usual "dit" or "dits".  (Or is this normal when there is no wind?)

Voltage is 11.7v and temperature is 84 degrees.

--Leigh in Santa Barbara, Calif.

07:20 UTC update--the dits have returned after the W character.

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HF Beacons / Windy - Letter "S" CW Beacon 4103 0830 utc 21 Dec 2020
« on: December 21, 2020, 0849 UTC »
I tried listening for the Windy beacon tonight, but could not hear it on 4103.  Instead I am hearing the letter "S" sent about every two minutes. Speed is about 12wpm.

FWIW, while I normally hear the Desert Whooper beacon in the early evening, I can't hear it tonight at midnight, although it has a good signal now on the KFS omni antenna.

My location is Santa Barbara, Calif., and I am listening on a 50' long wire antenna with an Icom 7200.

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Spy Numbers / 6990 LSB 0845 UTC 3 Feb 2019 --Asian Numbers?
« on: February 03, 2019, 0852 UTC »
While listening on the Calif. KPH SDR, I'm hearing a robotic male voice reciting short Japanese-sounding words--very repetitive.  Off at 0850, but with weaker-signal "live" Asian language voices. 

Any idea of what I'm hearing?

--Leigh in Santa Barbara.



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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6950 USB 0016 UTC 03 FEB 2019
« on: February 03, 2019, 0027 UTC »
S4 and somewhat scratchy on Token's SDR in the Mojave desert at 0027 UTC.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: UNID 6925 USB 0034 UTC 6 Jan 2019
« on: January 06, 2019, 0044 UTC »
Don't Forget About Me--Billy Idol @ 0041.

S4 on the Token SDR in the Mojave Desert in California.

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North American Shortwave Pirate / Re: RFW 6960 USB 2245 UTC 5 Jan 2019
« on: January 06, 2019, 0040 UTC »
S5 on the Token SDR in the Mojave desert in California at 0040. 

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