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HF Beacons / Re: Beacon TUO 3659 kHz

« on: March 09, 2024, 1544 UTC »

Welcome to the HFU forum!

I tried a few internet searches but had no hits on any sorts of Norwegian Navy beacons. Please ask you friend for more details on his hunch.

If the beacon turns out to be a military or commercial transmitter the topic would go into this part of the forum:

Utility:  Loggings of Utility Stations
https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/board,2.0.html

This area or the HFU forum where you have shared your logging is for unlicensed, or "pirate" radio beacons. Do take a look at many of the topics here as there have been pirate beacons in England and Europe too. Explore the rest of the Forum for many fascinating aspects of the radio monitoring hobby.

Jim

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HF Beacons / Re: 4109 dasher

« on: February 21, 2024, 1516 UTC »

CS is more of a slow downward "whoop" than a "dash" so maybe you've found something new!

You can hear CS here:  http://69.27.184.58:8073/?f=4109.500cwz11

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HF Beacons / Re: The Desert Whooper

« on: February 21, 2024, 1507 UTC »

DW was officially deployed to the Western desert on February 21, 2021.

Happy 3rd birthday!!

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HF Beacons / Re: 5198 kHz XKO + RST?

« on: February 21, 2024, 0510 UTC »

Hopefully, this is the right place for this.
Listening between 0200 and 0430Z this date, on 5198 kHz.
Earlier CW "XKO". Checked back just now, receiving "RST".
Repeats roughly 5 seconds. ~10 wpm.

Hello and welcome to HFU!

This area of HFU is dedicated to "pirate" radio beacons and what you've found might be commercial, government or military.. I did a few quick searches and one came back as   
5198 Canadian Forces Maritime Command Network Worldwide but I have not found much on CKO but what you described sounds a little like a RTTY station. I'll let a radio sit for a little while on the frequency. I won't move this post until I can see what a better place might be.

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HF Beacons / Re: Hexy2K

« on: February 09, 2024, 2045 UTC »

Have not heard HexY2K the past few days, which is unusual. I can normally hear it here every day.

Is it possible because it's a solar only fleapower transmitter?

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HF Beacons / Re: AMA and RVA

« on: February 07, 2024, 1443 UTC »

Those don't sound like pirate beacons...... and should be posted here:  https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/board,35.0.html

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HF Beacons / Re: Beacon?

« on: February 07, 2024, 1438 UTC »

Hi everyone
at 12200 there is a beep that transmits 24 hours a day.
could it be a beacon?

Welcome to the Forum!!

Hard to say if it's a beacon. Where are you located? What sort of radio and antenna are you using? Do you know what bandwidth the receiver is set to?Just to be sure, is that 12.2MHz and is it a weak signal or strong?  Have you checked any of the online SWL lists to see if it is a commercial transmitter? How often does the signal beep? Is it a quick "dit" or is it a longer "dash"?

Did you try any online SDRs to see if you can pick up the same thing? I looked at one SDR and did not hear anything on 12,200 KHz     

  http://69.27.184.58:8073/?f=12200.037cwz9

Also, we keep a list here of known beacons in the sticky at the top of the topic lists   https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,9478.0.html

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HF Beacons / Re: The Desert Whooper

« on: February 07, 2024, 1429 UTC »

Looks as if the cloudy winter weather in the SouthWest is impacting solar charged beacons such as DW. This morning is the lowest battery reading I think I've ever seen in the three years it's been running.

4097.720 KHz   DW  About S7 here. BAT 12.4  oTMP 44  iTMP  51  PV  1    14:27UTC 7Feb2024

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HF Beacons / Re: The Desert Whooper

« on: January 11, 2024, 1532 UTC »

Nice signal on the Desert Whooper here this morning before sunrise. 4095.72 KHz 11JAN24 13:39z Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft SE/NW longwire

Telemetry sent:
BAT 12.8  OTMP 40  ITMP 52  PV 1

https://youtu.be/19-QwxEH0IE?si=b_FZiHUqJYkMdzHZ

A few thoughts based on the OP's description of DW.  I think the frequency would be 4095.700 KHz, centered on the CW signal, but not 4095.720KHz, centered in the middle of the whoops. The whoops start at .700 and sweep upwards. In warm weather the CW is at 4095.650

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HF Beacons / Re: Beacon? 4347 kilohertz

« on: January 08, 2024, 2031 UTC »

Nice! Thank you sir for the info. I have a waterfall display on my Icom as well, but I didn't see any signal next to it. Again I really don't know what I'm doing as far as beacons or number stations or Pirate Radio. Ham radio is my main Hobby, but I have a big interest in this as well.

Welcome to our corner of the hobby!

The list we maintain will be helpful with identifying beacons that are known, The post is here

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,9478.0.html


If you have comments about the list post in this thread

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,68701.0.html

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HF Beacons / Re: Hexy2K

« on: January 08, 2024, 2026 UTC »

I've been sitting on the freq for about 30 minutes and it finally rose up enough above the noise to be recognizable!

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HF Beacons / Re: 4094 dasher

« on: December 01, 2023, 0343 UTC »

Got it here in AZ, first time I have been able to copy it above the DSL noise. It is weak but solid in my headphones on the Icom IC-R8500 and 60 ft E/W longwire. I can just make out a faint trace of it on the Airspy HF+ Discovery SDR Console waterfall on the SE/NW longwire. 4094.1 KHz 01DEC23 03:03z

I listened here at home but no luck. I logged into the KFS SE kiwi and hear a slow dasher at 4094.100

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log

« on: November 27, 2023, 0130 UTC »

within a few minutes of logging DW I got this

4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, extremely weak but clear on the KX3

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log

« on: November 27, 2023, 0122 UTC »

Cooler temps have moved the frequency 50 Hz back up

4095.700 kHz   DW. Fair signal on the KX3  BAT 13.1  OTMP 52 ITMP 62 PV  1

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HF Beacons / Re: 4094 dasher

« on: November 11, 2023, 1725 UTC »

is it 4094 or 4069?

Title and message don't match but can be fixed.