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Offline stendec

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Western beacons heard today
« on: February 04, 2025, 0536 UTC »
I copied the following beacons using the KFS SDR at 7pm PST Pacific Feb 3, 2025
   4095.6   DW, good copy, S4
   4109.4   Coast Slider, fair copy, S2-3
   4069.4   - , weak, S2     

and at 9am this morning "HexY2k" on 6700.5, weak, S1.
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Re: Western beacons heard today
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2025, 0045 UTC »
I've been trying to catch the 4069.4 dasher! The other two have been pretty reliable here in SoCal
Jim
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Re: Western beacons heard today
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2025, 1851 UTC »
Hi Teo - yep, the 4069 dasher can be tough to catch since its nightime only and weak at the best of times.

I was pleased to hear HexY2K on 6700.5 -- according to the beacon list (pinned above) it's now
been going for 25 years (since Dec 1999)!

But it seems that a bunch of other western beacons may have gone off the air. Or maybe its just conditions?
'Gendarme' 6627.0 seems to be gone. And I don't hear any of the other members if 4096 'family' like Coxie, Phallaxy, and the Marin Ditter any more. Just DW and, a bit further up, CS.
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