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2521

HF Beacons / Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: April 19, 2016, 0053 UTC »

7039.350 KHz

Right this moment I can actually hear what sounds like T but it is on 7039.350 KHz which seems far off frequency for the typical Russian beacon. Signal strength is 10 dB or so above the noise floor with periodic quick fading or interruptions in the signal. Also the time of day is wrong for receiving Russian beacons here. So maybe it is a hobbyist?

6626.400 KHz  unknown ditter, very weak

2522

HF Beacons / Re: T beacon

« on: April 19, 2016, 0049 UTC »

Can this be a malfunctioning Russian beacon or is it a known pirate/ hobbyist beacon? Previous lists have always had the letter M tagged for 7039.400 coming out of Magadan, Russia. When I was in Fiji I heard M and K at the same time due to the receiver bandwidth being so so.

This source says that M was not sounding correct yesterday http://www.iarums-r1.org/iarums/latest.pdf

On my waterfall display this morning I could see the dashes that looked like a T but it was just too weak for audio and for carefully checking center frequency.

Right this moment I can actually hear what sounds like T but it is on 7039.350 KHz which seems far off frequency for the typical Russian beacon. Signal strength is 10 dB or so above the noise floor with periodic quick fading or interruptions in the signal. Also the time of day is wrong for receiving Russian beacons here.

2523

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: April 18, 2016, 1314 UTC »

2097.310  KHz  CW beacon A with peaks about 25 dB above the noise floor
4095.900  KHz Viking, very weak
4096.365  KHz Hexie
7039.300 KHz Russian letter beacon K
7039.400 KHz something weak and fading showing up on waterfall

2524

HF Beacons / 4095.305 KHz 1 sec dasher

« on: April 18, 2016, 0355 UTC »

I was checking out Hexi and Viking a noticed another trace in the waterfall display. Sounds about 1 second for the dash.

2525

HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: April 18, 2016, 0328 UTC »

2097.300 KHz CW beacon A is 15 to 20 dB over the noise floor
4095.305 KHz  dasher?
4095.906 KHz  Viking
4096.365 KHz  Hexie

2526

HF Beacons / Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: April 17, 2016, 1907 UTC »

6626.430 KHz  Rainy
6700.525 KHz  Hexie2k

2527

HF Beacons / Re: 7038.7 CW "K"

« on: April 14, 2016, 1343 UTC »

Welcome aboard!

There used to be a Russian beacon letter D on 7038.7 KHz but they moved it up to 7508.7 KHz. Maybe something new has popped up?

Over here I can regularly pick up the Russian beacon K on 7039.3 KHz

2528

HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: April 14, 2016, 0404 UTC »

2097.310 KHz CW letter A
4096.360 KHz Hexie  very weak, barely readable

2529

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: April 13, 2016, 1358 UTC »

7039.300 KHz Russian letter beacon K really strong, peaking 20 dB above the noise

2530

HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: April 13, 2016, 0355 UTC »

2097.31o KHz CW letter A at times 25 dB peaks above the noise floor
4096.365 KHz Hexie  weak but readable

2531

HF Beacons / Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: April 13, 2016, 0012 UTC »

7998.430 KHz Hiker, fair signal with deep fades

I have two receivers on two different antennas and sometimes I will hear it only on one radio, sometimes on both

2532

HF Beacons / Re: Hiker Returned perhaps

« on: April 13, 2016, 0011 UTC »

I think that I am now receiving it. Seems to go through some deep fades. I have two receivers on two different antennas and sometimes I will hear it only on one radio, sometimes on both

2533

HF Beacons / Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: April 13, 2016, 0004 UTC »

4095.985 KHz  Viking coming in strong
6626.422 KHz  Unknown fast ditter coming in strong
6700.505 KHz  Hexie2K with a decent signal and mild fading

2534

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: April 12, 2016, 1335 UTC »

7509.200 KHz  Russian letter beacon F

10872.300 KHz  Russian letter beacon K

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HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: April 12, 2016, 0225 UTC »

2097.315 KHz CW letter A
4095.907 KHz Viking
4096.365 KHz Hexie