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Offline Shortwave Surfer

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Beacon on 4.069
« on: April 03, 2023, 1230 UTC »
Hearing an evening beacon at around 4.069 here in So. Cal.

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Re: Beacon on 4.069
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2023, 0344 UTC »
Hearing it here weakly with QSB in Northern UT at 0330 utc.

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Re: Beacon on 4.069
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2023, 1920 UTC »
Hearing an evening beacon at around 4.069 here in So. Cal.

Good ears! I haven't heard this dasher for many months, but now hearing it on my home RX (on 4069.4) again in the evenings and early mornings, S2 to S3.

 Here's a thread from last March: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,95110.0.html. The fact that it fades out at sunrise means that it's skywave propagation to my bay area QTH and located farther away than NVIS range (say 500 miles). Any ideas regarding a general location?
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Re: Beacon on 4.069
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2023, 1544 UTC »
------ Any ideas regarding a general location?

Feel free to get specific in private messages but in the forum we don't want to narrow it down much more than "... it may be in the Southwest United States..." or "it's probably in the desert due to the battery staying charged so well..."
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Re: Beacon on 4.069
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2023, 0204 UTC »
Heard it this morning (Wed) at 1030 utc.  Not Strong but fading in and out.  This only the 3rd or 4th time I have heard it here.

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Re: Beacon on 4.069
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2023, 1540 UTC »
Heard it very weak here in Colorado 4069.4 Khz at 1144 Utc.
First time I have listened for it.

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Re: Beacon on 4.069
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2023, 1530 UTC »
Heard it very weak here in Colorado 4069.4 Khz at 1144 Utc.
First time I have listened for it.

Thanks for reporting on this one and bumping the thread. I try to listen for these new ones at home before resorting to the kiwi SDRs
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