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Fishing Drift Net Beacons / DNB Logs Dec 2019

« on: December 08, 2019, 2350 UTC »

08 Dec 2019

DS9   1956kc   0315z
DCN   1955kc   1015z
CW9   1998kc   1025z

TS-520SE & 135ft wire

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Fishing Drift Net Beacons / DNB Logs Nov 2019

« on: November 22, 2019, 1353 UTC »

Off to a slow start

1998kc   1300z   CW9   569

TS520SE & 125' wire

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VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / OSCAR-7 and RS-15 Ham Sats

« on: November 21, 2019, 0114 UTC »

20 Nov 2019 at 2000z had both OSCAR-7 & RS-15 overhead.

29353kc   RS-15 beacon (dasher)
29450kc   OSCAR-7, KE9AJ calling CQ on USB
29502kc   OSCAR-7 beacon (carrier)

Hear RS-15 almost daily. Haven't heard OSCAR-7 in made A (145mc up/29mc down) in a long time.

OSCAR-7 launched in 1974
RS-15 launched in 1994

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Fishing Drift Net Beacons / Re: DNB's 28th Oct 2019

« on: November 17, 2019, 1157 UTC »

Went back to a radio-friendly work schedule this week. Scanning 160m but so far no joy. Still early in the season for us.

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Utility / Re: Marine CW channel markers/beacons.

« on: November 17, 2019, 1153 UTC »

Heard these on 17 Nov 2019

8424kc CW SVO 0115z
8431kc CW TAH 0120z
8417kc CW XSV 0610z
8435kc CW XSQ 0615z
8484kc CW HLG 0620z
8636kc CW HLW 0623z

Hear XSQ/XSV most mornings, HLG/HLW are hit or miss.
CAY-40677 Receiver & 40m inverted vee at 30ft.

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HF Mystery Signals / Re: 6 Second Ditter (?) 26 Sept 2019 Correction: "Pips Network"

« on: September 30, 2019, 1936 UTC »

Back today, Sep 30 at 1900 UTC, on most of the frequencies Vince listed above.

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HF Mystery Signals / Pips on 7725 30 Sep 2019 1500 UTC

« on: September 30, 2019, 1533 UTC »

Pips on 7725 kc. About 48/min. Skips one every now & then. Almost sounds like some modulation on them. Using DX-150 & 30 ft wire.

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HF Mystery Signals / Re: 6 Second Ditter (?) 26 Sept 2019

« on: September 27, 2019, 1641 UTC »

Nice strong pips on 7700 kc at 1630 UTC. DX-150 & 30 ft of wire.

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Amateur Radio / Re: QRP

« on: September 13, 2019, 1302 UTC »

Mine run about 2 Watts but I have them set to 1 W. They're all analog, frequency is a guessing game. You pick a ~50kc range you want to operate when you build it. I have pencil marks for 7030, 7040, 14060.

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Fishing Drift Net Beacons / Re: Possible Drift Net Beacon 1620 UTC 07 SEPTEMBER 2019

« on: September 13, 2019, 0016 UTC »

Listened for it a few times, nothing but thunder crashes. Just finished a remodeling project (upside was a new shack & new antennas, downside is now I'm broke). Next up are the 160m antennas. Planning a loop-on-ground & earth-mode dipole for receiving. Drift net season is just around the corner.

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Amateur Radio / Re: QRP

« on: September 13, 2019, 0008 UTC »

I have Cub's for 40 & 20, never got my hands on the 15m kit. A resistor mod can spread out the tuning range. They drift a little but not bad. Between the 2 I've done WAS & 30+ countries. had a blast with the 40m when I was /KP4. I keep the the 20m Cub in the truck with a key & inverted vee for when I'm out & about.

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HF Beacons / Re: HI back from the dead 8009.1 CW 1235 UTC 5 Sep 2019

« on: September 07, 2019, 0047 UTC »

HI on 8009 kc, 0030 UTC 7 Sep 2019. About 439 with QSB & QRN. Nice to hear beacon(s) on the east coast again.

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VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / Re: RS-15 Satellite 29353 kHz

« on: September 04, 2019, 0041 UTC »

Used to work Oscar 7/8 & RS-10/11 (2m up/10m down) & RS-12 (15m up/10m down) back in the 80's & 90's. Had a blast. Doppler wasn't too bad on HF but did require some multitasking to keep up with the 2m signal. Looks like the Chinese plan to launch one this fall that's 15m up/10m down. Look forward to giving that one a try.

Oscar 7 is still kicking around but haven't heard the 10m beacon in a couple of years.

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VHF/UHF Logs, including satellites and radiosondes / RS-15 Satellite 29353 kHz

« on: September 03, 2019, 1802 UTC »

Happened to be home during a good overhead pass. Heard the RS-15 beacon on 29353 kHz, Sep 03 2019 at 1655 UTC. TS520SE & 15m inverted vee.

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Huh? / Re: Car-B-Que

« on: August 12, 2019, 1502 UTC »

I worked at a major mfg facility back in the 80's. They installed these automated robots (AGV's) to pickup full pallets & drop off empties. Problem was the guys that set it up & did the collision avoidance calibration wore khaki uniforms. The production techs on the floor wore blue jeans. Needless to say once it went live we had quite a few robot vs pedestrian collisions.