New HiFER Beacon on the air 13563 kHz & QSL Contest!

[FFZ]

Tonight I put up a HiFER Beacon (legal under Part 15 rules) centered on 13563 kHz.  First three audio recordings emailed to (beaconID)@gmail.com will get special QSL cards.  The only hint I'll give is that the beacon repeats a 6 character call sign at 9wpm.  Let the fun begin!

73,

Benjamin

[chucks]

not hearing your beacon at this time but will keep listening for it,
GNK is booming in here at the moment, strongest I've ever heard it.

Chuck

[FFZ]

Thanks for the info.  I have a feeling it's not going to do too well to the east but we'll see...

[William Hassig]

13560 + and - several kHz is one of several industrial frequencies used for heating various materials in factories. There is a large industrial/commercial area in Elk Grove Village IL just west of O'Hare field that is about 5 to 6 miles south of me. 24/7 there are various rhythmic weak carriers coming from that area. Another freq is twice that at 27120 kHz which can mess up the CB radio band. There is, or was, a factory in Wheeling IL about 5 miles north of me that used that freq. I understand that there is also 6780 kHz (half 13560) but I never heard anything there. There might also be 40680 (13560 X 3).

[chucks]

hey  FFZ has anyone logged your beacon yet. I listen as ofter as I can but the
only one I hear is GNK and usually it's pretty strong like tonight.
Maybe up the power abit :>)

Chuck
K3ETD

[FFZ]

Sadly, no logs.  I'll have to see what I can do about the ERP.

[Teotwaki]

Sadly, no logs.  I'll have to see what I can do about the ERP.

What sort of antenna do you have?

[FFZ]

It's a 20M MFJ HF Stick.

[DOCTOR]

ANYONE hear it yet? Where did you get the xmtr, a kit, bought or what?
THANKS
DOCTOR

[vlfradio]

Because out west 13563 kHz is quite busy perhaps the fellow should choose a lower or higher freq. for his "contest" beacon (FFZ?) (so far that CB xtals can be pulled and pushed if in divide-by-2-mode, etc).

RR, VAN, Z2, ditters, and slow QRSS stations are in the 13562 to 13563 range in the Mojave Desert here.

-v-

[vlfradio]

Regarding the contest 22m beacon(s) these are NOT related to it but went on air shortly after Easter 2014:

two northern Inyo desert: 13562.89 "RR-dash" (inv-L)

(drifts) 13563.0 "VAN" in an old 1974 camper van with 1/4 wave end fed wire - 10-15 mW both.

Dunno who is running that contest, and where and why...

73 -v-

[FFZ]

Sorry for the time it's taken to reply.  Between my last reply and now we have welcomed a new member of our family.

As for the beacon, it is a home brew beacon based off the programmable Epson oscillator.  The antenna situation is questionable and probably the reason no-one has heard it.  I'll see about upping the power...

[chucks]

congrads on the new addition.  that will take up alot of your time from now on.

good luck

Chuck

[ka1iic]

For heavens sake stay away from the bramble patch at 13560khz +- ... there is so much local garbage on that frequency all I can dx there are local business and plastic heaters...

 

[DOCTOR]

I never heard the beacon. Although propagation has been the pits.

If someone made those hifer beacons, plug and play, would be nice, just think someone would here a string of those.
DOCTOR