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2701

Shortwave Broadcast / Radio Australia 12,085 KHz

« on: February 24, 2016, 1709 UTC »

Very strong signal in southern California this morning. I was able to have a solid S9 on my Yaesu FT857 with ATAS-120 antenna as I drove to work 0800 - 0830 PST

2702

HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: February 24, 2016, 0344 UTC »

2097.310 KHz  Beacon A with a good signal

7039.300 KHz  Russian beacon K, very weak

2703

HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: February 22, 2016, 0540 UTC »

2097.310 KHz  Beacon A

7039.300 KHz  Russian beacon K

2704

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 21, 2016, 1742 UTC »

6626.500 KHz pirate beacon Rainy, decent signal strength

6700.535 KHz  Hexie2K

2705

HF Beacons / Re: My Evening Beacon Log

« on: February 21, 2016, 0858 UTC »

2097.315 KHz  CW beacon letter A about 30 dB above the noise with occasional fades

2706

HF Beacons / Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: February 21, 2016, 0032 UTC »

6626.400 KHz   Unknown fast ditter

2707

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 20, 2016, 1909 UTC »

Am hearing Rainy now, seems to be quite high in frequency

6626.500 KHz pirate beacon Rainy, decent signal strength

EDIT for incorrect freq.

2708

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 20, 2016, 1823 UTC »

Just got back home to spin the dial again....

6700.527 KHz  Hexie2K just climbing up out of the noise floor (-120 dBm on the PX3's display) with deep fades

2709

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 20, 2016, 1353 UTC »

2097.311 KHz CW beacon A

7039.300 KHz Russian CW beacon K

7509.200 KHz Russian CW beacon F

2710

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 19, 2016, 1601 UTC »

6626.3  KHz  beacon Rainy fading in and out

2711

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 19, 2016, 1511 UTC »

7039.300 KHz Russian CW beacon K with rapid fades, signal peaks 20 dB above the noise floor

7509.200 KHz Russian CW beacon F weak but readable just before the noise floor jumped up 20 dB

2712

HF Beacons / Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: February 19, 2016, 0156 UTC »

2097.310 KHz   CW beacon A  at10 dB above the noise floor

2713

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 17, 2016, 1448 UTC »

Things were looking pretty dead this morning then....

7509.200 KHz Russian beacon F with weak signal and rapid fading

2714

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 16, 2016, 1425 UTC »

Local temp at 55 degrees. Low noise floor about -110 to -120 dBm.

2097.310 KHz   letter A about 15-20 dB above noise floor and occasional fading

2715

HF Beacons / Re: My Morning Beacon Log

« on: February 15, 2016, 1450 UTC »

Local temp at 58 degrees. Much lower noise floor today, about -110 to -120 dBm. I suspect one of the neighbor's solar panel direct to grid AC converters

2097.310 KHz   Only 10 dB above noise floor, may not have heard it on other days