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HF Beacons / 4096.05 Dasher?
« on: January 07, 2021, 1909 UTC »
Short fast dasher showing on the SE SDR right now
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Excellent idea. Maybe we could use SDR channels/receivers at another location such as Half Moon Bay? If both signals are not consistent at your receive site we could try other sites to correlate the signals.
4 Horsemen Of The Beaconpocalypse?
4 Meg spectrum is once again alive. Wish the 2097 "A" beacon was back.
If it is lithium-ion powered now i wonder what the "H" and "S" messages mean?
I was thinking the same thing. Start 2020 with a clean list
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HF Beacons / Re: New Dasher 4097.22 KHz ?
« on: January 07, 2021, 1636 UTC »I am thinking the name should probably be able to tie the 4097.2 and the 7997.2 together if it turns out they are actually related.
Excellent idea. Maybe we could use SDR channels/receivers at another location such as Half Moon Bay? If both signals are not consistent at your receive site we could try other sites to correlate the signals.
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HF Beacons / Re: New Dasher 4097.22 KHz ?
« on: January 07, 2021, 0402 UTC »
Name suggestions:
Not The Whooper!
Not The Whooper!
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HF Beacons / Re: 4094 Beacon
« on: January 05, 2021, 2208 UTC »
Syfyr is longing 
for a formal name for this beacon
I’ll throw out the following and you can add in your own suggestions:
Desert Dasher
Happy Dasher
Daring Dasher
Distant Dasher
Deliberate Dasher
for a formal name for this beaconI’ll throw out the following and you can add in your own suggestions:
Desert Dasher
Happy Dasher
Daring Dasher
Distant Dasher
Deliberate Dasher
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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« on: January 05, 2021, 1707 UTC »That's a nice grab with all 4 of the horsemen in one frame!
4 Horsemen Of The Beaconpocalypse?
4 Meg spectrum is once again alive. Wish the 2097 "A" beacon was back.
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HF Beacons / Re: Currently Active Beacons Chat
« on: January 05, 2021, 0143 UTC »
I split the two lists. The second message is titled "Currently Inactive Beacons" since some of them have been resurrected for our listening pleasure. 
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HF Beacons / Currently Inactive Beacons
« on: January 05, 2021, 0137 UTC »
As it can be confusing to keep track of the various inactive unlicensed beacons by sifting through numerous old messages, we thought it would be useful to keep an up to date listing as a "sticky" at the top of this forum. These are for unlicensed (read not legal) beacons. Ham, Part 15, and military beacons are not included.
As beacons go off the air, this message will be updated as best as possible. If you think a change is needed to a beacon status, or to suggest an additional beacon, post a message as a reply to the chat thread: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,68701.0.html
Please DO NOT REPLY TO THIS POST.
Beacons No Longer In Operation
updated 07/21/2022, frequencies in kiloHertz:
2008.4 dasher sends about 17 dashes/min, each 1 sec long, cycles on and off
2018.3 dasher sends about 48 dashes / min, each 0.22 sec long, cycles on and off
2025.1 "Inyo Dark Ditter" 67 dits/minute. Night-only, about 2 watts output to inv. vee on granite rock-pile. (s.w. USA in Calif.) - QRT
4070.3 GT
4070.3 ZT
4079.6 "TMP" beacon
4089 Death Valley Ditter "Scotty Beacon" off the air Nov. 2011
4094 dash rate is 60 per second when it speeds up to the 100 per min that is a signal that a CW message will soon follow
4094.5 "X" beacon, about 6.8 sec between letters - reported still active January 2016
4096.15 Beacon "L”, sends temperature in Celsius and battery voltage every 45 seconds. Discovered 6/14/21, Off the air 6-17
4096.24 "Hexie" 24/7 1 second-long dashes, 24/7, Joshua Tree NP, 400 mW on since Dec. 1997
4096.35 Haystack 24/7, 3 second dash, new beacon as of Oct 2015, 200 mW Off air, may be relocated
4096.6 "Kelsie" Mojave NP
4097.25 "Inyo Whooper" daytime-only, about 90-chirping dashes/min. 3/4 watts. First on April 2007.
4098.3 ZN, repetition 4.4 seconds, drift to ~4103 kHz daytime
4102.85 Windy. On the air before 2009. Off the air since Dec. 2021. When it was functioning properly, Windy sent W followed by dits for the wind speed. Every so often it sent TMP and the temperature, then B and the battery voltage. Speculation: When the battery voltage was low (below 11.3v ?) it sent "H" and as the voltage trended lower it sent "S"
5205.3 "Sally" ditter beacon in the Saline Valley, CA - east-facing solar-panel so mainly morning only (a daytimer). 1/2 watt. First on-air Feb. 2006
6626.3 "Rocky" a "buzzer-beacon" located in Inyo, Co, CA with about 300 mW output, fast dasher, about 120~150 DPM - daytime only, first on-air Spring 2007, off air May 10, 2021 (See replacement, 6627 Gendarme in active beacon list)
6398.50 25W CW. Half Wave Dipole Antenna. Located in Germany. 24/7 operation. Sends its name "Common and Precious" and additional information (like a locator).
6668.0 "L" beacon, about 9.3 secs apart, or 6.5 times / min, hearing extra leading dit
6998.73 Archer Beacon 2W. 64' end fed 1/2 wave sloper antenna. Sends "ABK" once every ~55 seconds in slow CW. N/W U.S.
7000.0 "Itchy" Ditter, 0.21 seconds long, sent every 1.39 seconds.
10237.73 kHz, 5W CW. Half Wave Dipole Antenna. Located in Germany. 24/7 operation. Sends its name "Common and Precious" and additional information (like a locator). CURRENTLY OFF AIR
10238.18 "Hiker", Dit rate is 100 per min.
26510 kHz 8W CW. Located in Germany. 24/7 operation. Sends its name "Common and Precious" and additional information (like a locator). Currently there are no known versions of Common & Precious on the air on other frequencies.
As beacons go off the air, this message will be updated as best as possible. If you think a change is needed to a beacon status, or to suggest an additional beacon, post a message as a reply to the chat thread: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,68701.0.html
Please DO NOT REPLY TO THIS POST.
Beacons No Longer In Operation
updated 07/21/2022, frequencies in kiloHertz:
2008.4 dasher sends about 17 dashes/min, each 1 sec long, cycles on and off
2018.3 dasher sends about 48 dashes / min, each 0.22 sec long, cycles on and off
2025.1 "Inyo Dark Ditter" 67 dits/minute. Night-only, about 2 watts output to inv. vee on granite rock-pile. (s.w. USA in Calif.) - QRT
4070.3 GT
4070.3 ZT
4079.6 "TMP" beacon
4089 Death Valley Ditter "Scotty Beacon" off the air Nov. 2011
4094 dash rate is 60 per second when it speeds up to the 100 per min that is a signal that a CW message will soon follow
4094.5 "X" beacon, about 6.8 sec between letters - reported still active January 2016
4096.15 Beacon "L”, sends temperature in Celsius and battery voltage every 45 seconds. Discovered 6/14/21, Off the air 6-17
4096.24 "Hexie" 24/7 1 second-long dashes, 24/7, Joshua Tree NP, 400 mW on since Dec. 1997
4096.35 Haystack 24/7, 3 second dash, new beacon as of Oct 2015, 200 mW Off air, may be relocated
4096.6 "Kelsie" Mojave NP
4097.25 "Inyo Whooper" daytime-only, about 90-chirping dashes/min. 3/4 watts. First on April 2007.
4098.3 ZN, repetition 4.4 seconds, drift to ~4103 kHz daytime
4102.85 Windy. On the air before 2009. Off the air since Dec. 2021. When it was functioning properly, Windy sent W followed by dits for the wind speed. Every so often it sent TMP and the temperature, then B and the battery voltage. Speculation: When the battery voltage was low (below 11.3v ?) it sent "H" and as the voltage trended lower it sent "S"
5205.3 "Sally" ditter beacon in the Saline Valley, CA - east-facing solar-panel so mainly morning only (a daytimer). 1/2 watt. First on-air Feb. 2006
6626.3 "Rocky" a "buzzer-beacon" located in Inyo, Co, CA with about 300 mW output, fast dasher, about 120~150 DPM - daytime only, first on-air Spring 2007, off air May 10, 2021 (See replacement, 6627 Gendarme in active beacon list)
6398.50 25W CW. Half Wave Dipole Antenna. Located in Germany. 24/7 operation. Sends its name "Common and Precious" and additional information (like a locator).
6668.0 "L" beacon, about 9.3 secs apart, or 6.5 times / min, hearing extra leading dit
6998.73 Archer Beacon 2W. 64' end fed 1/2 wave sloper antenna. Sends "ABK" once every ~55 seconds in slow CW. N/W U.S.
7000.0 "Itchy" Ditter, 0.21 seconds long, sent every 1.39 seconds.
10237.73 kHz, 5W CW. Half Wave Dipole Antenna. Located in Germany. 24/7 operation. Sends its name "Common and Precious" and additional information (like a locator). CURRENTLY OFF AIR
10238.18 "Hiker", Dit rate is 100 per min.
26510 kHz 8W CW. Located in Germany. 24/7 operation. Sends its name "Common and Precious" and additional information (like a locator). Currently there are no known versions of Common & Precious on the air on other frequencies.
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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« on: January 05, 2021, 0133 UTC »
Good propagation tonight. SDR screen capture
4094.o short dasher
4095.7 Desert Whooper
4097.25 Long Dasher
4102.85 Windy
4094.o short dasher
4095.7 Desert Whooper
4097.25 Long Dasher
4102.85 Windy
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HF Beacons / Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« on: January 05, 2021, 0130 UTC »Jim, I think you're right in regards the 18650s. It's 4:30 PM PDT and windy is reporting 11.6 V, which correlates well with 3x Lithium. As has been seen in the past week or so, Windy has been really strong into the KFS kiwis.
If I were to guess:
* Clock speed of processor was lowered (hence the slower CW and anemometer pips)
* Battery was changed as you observe
* Antenna was fixed up.
If so, bravo to the ops!
If it is lithium-ion powered now i wonder what the "H" and "S" messages mean?
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HF Beacons / Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?
« on: January 04, 2021, 1948 UTC »
Windy is strong on the SDR. The Morse CW speed is super slow. Am wondering if the battery was changed from SLA to Lithium 18650's, hence the current peaks only in the 11 volt range unlike the days of seeing 13.6v highs. I still think the temp probe is unshielded leading to inaccurate readings when the sun is shining on the probe.
Wind dits slow. Volts 11.3 Temp 85 (??)
Wind dits slow. Volts 11.3 Temp 85 (??)
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HF Beacons / Re: Currently Active Beacons Chat
« on: January 04, 2021, 1903 UTC »
If the list of the off-the-air beacons becomes much bigger I was thinking about splitting it into a separate post to help avoid confusion to newcomers looking for a hit list of currently active beacons.
Let me know what you think.
Let me know what you think.
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HF Beacons / Re: Currently Active Beacons Chat
« on: January 04, 2021, 1850 UTC »
Thanks Token! I was hoping you'd reply since you have a great listening setup and years of experience. I've made the suggested changes.
Let's keep looking at the list to see what else might be off the air.
Let's keep looking at the list to see what else might be off the air.
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HF Beacons / Re: Currently Active Beacons Chat
« on: January 04, 2021, 1634 UTC »
First pass has been completed. I'll bet there are a lot more that have not been heard in a while such as these
7000.0 "Itchy" Ditter, 0.21 seconds long, sent every 1.39 seconds.
7000.65 "Stumpy" Ditter, about 0.17 seconds long, sent every 22 seconds.
7039.4 "T" beacon OK0EPB sends a marker each second, a longer one at the minute, and callsign.
7998.3 "Shorty" sends 18 dashes starting every minute.
8009.7 "Hiker", Dit rate is 100 per min.
13562.90 kHz "RR-dash" beacon is located in the northern Mojave Desert of Calif. with approx. 10 mW to an inverted-L antenna.
7000.0 "Itchy" Ditter, 0.21 seconds long, sent every 1.39 seconds.
7000.65 "Stumpy" Ditter, about 0.17 seconds long, sent every 22 seconds.
7039.4 "T" beacon OK0EPB sends a marker each second, a longer one at the minute, and callsign.
7998.3 "Shorty" sends 18 dashes starting every minute.
8009.7 "Hiker", Dit rate is 100 per min.
13562.90 kHz "RR-dash" beacon is located in the northern Mojave Desert of Calif. with approx. 10 mW to an inverted-L antenna.
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HF Beacons / Re: Currently Active Beacons Chat
« on: January 04, 2021, 1618 UTC »Is it worth moving some of the beacons which have been SK for some time now to the bottom of the list, to reduce clutter? I am thinking of GT, ZF and others, maybe even the beloved A.
I was thinking the same thing. Start 2020 with a clean list
