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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log

« on: March 29, 2021, 1454 UTC »

4095.650 KHz  DW, Desert Whooper. Fair signal here. BAT 13.8  OTMP 64  ITMP 68   PV 5
4102.850 KHz  Windy. Weak, no breeze; just switched from telemetry to sending only "S"
7039.200 KHz  Russian "F". Weak but readable
7039.400 KHz  Russian "M". Weak but readable

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: March 28, 2021, 2059 UTC »

6700.530 KHz Hexie2k with a readable signal

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HF Beacons / Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?

« on: March 28, 2021, 1424 UTC »

Slow dits with TMP 64 and B 11.1

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HF Beacons / Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6

« on: March 28, 2021, 1421 UTC »

Before sunrise the BAT reading was 12.8 and PV was zero. DW seems to quickly recharge the battery starting around sunrise and finishing within a couple of hours

BAT  13.8
O TMP   61
I TMP   61
PV  796

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log

« on: March 28, 2021, 0213 UTC »

4095.650 KHz  DW the Desert Whooper. +20 dB over the noise.  BAT  13.0   O TMP 70   I TMP 73   PV 1
4102.840 KHz  Windy. Good signal, +15 dB over the noise. Light breeze. Temp 70  B is 11.7

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: March 27, 2021, 2018 UTC »

6626.080 KHz  Rainy, low in frequency, weak signal here at home

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: March 27, 2021, 2005 UTC »

6700.500 KHz  Hexy2K peaking at +20 dB over the noise but has very rapid fades

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HF Beacons / Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?

« on: March 27, 2021, 0501 UTC »

If Windy's creator reads this thread I'd bet they'd be happy to know I can also hear Windy in Hawaii right now

http://kiwisdr.robinett.us:8073/

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HF Beacons / Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6

« on: March 27, 2021, 0117 UTC »

Good signal peaks but also deep fades at times

BAT  13.2
O TMP   64
I TMP   69
PV  69

745

HF Beacons / Re: Currently Active Beacons Chat

« on: March 26, 2021, 1551 UTC »

Does anyone know if Common and Precious is active? Any related posts about it seem pretty old.

The last I heard, one or more of the Common and Precious beacons were off the air due to damage, and this was as you noted quite some time ago.

Thanks! I will update the beacon lists today

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HF Beacons / Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.6

« on: March 26, 2021, 0517 UTC »

I've been reading up on propagation and looked up a near real time map of f0F2 and guessed I should try a kiwi SDR in Hawaii.

https://www.sws.bom.gov.au/HF_Systems/6/5

 There was DW with a pretty nice signal whooping away.

Kiwisdr.robinett.us:8073

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log

« on: March 26, 2021, 0344 UTC »

4095.650 KHz  DW the Desert Whooper. +20 dB over the noise.  BAT  13.1   O TMP 52   I TMP 59   PV  0
4102.840 KHz  Windy. Good signal, +20 dB over the noise. Light breeze. Temp 53  B is 11.9

Both heard on both of my HF radios but Elecraft Panadapto is handier for gauging signal strength..

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HF Beacons / Re: Power output of MX beacons?

« on: March 25, 2021, 2311 UTC »

I've been thinking about this topic for a while. From what I had read the beacons were used by the Russian Navy as propagation indicators and channel markers. If so, they would want radiated power similar to the ships and airplanes that might be looking to use a particular frequency to contact their bases. Antenna arrays might be omni unless they wanted to designate channels paired with particular areas of operation and employ directional arrays.

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HF Beacons / Re: Currently Active Beacons Chat

« on: March 25, 2021, 2250 UTC »

I've made some updates to the the active beacons list. Please take a look and see if there are other beacons that are not active anymore.

Does anyone know if Common and Precious is active? Any related posts about it seem pretty old.

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: March 25, 2021, 2227 UTC »

4095.650 KHz  Desert Whooper. The whoops are easy to pick out but it is pretty weak. Telemetry is hard to read
4102.840 KHz  Windy. Heard some dits and had to use an SDR to see if Windy was even operating. (it was)