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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1035 on: March 17, 2023, 1226 UTC »
2097.320 KHz    "A" beacon, very faint
4095.700 KHz   DW. Fair signal.  BAT 12.8 oTMP 51 iTMP 54                      PV 1
4109.400 KHz   Coast Slider, weak but readable
7039.300 KHz   Russian K beacon, weak signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1036 on: March 17, 2023, 1720 UTC »
6700.467 KHz  Hexie2K - Doing fair with some fading here at home.
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1037 on: May 19, 2023, 1222 UTC »
2097.320 KHz   "A" beacon, weak
4095.700 KHz   DW. Fair signal.  BAT 12.9 oTMP 78 iTMP 85  PV 1
7039.300 KHz   Russian K beacon, great signal. The "K" is not continuous. It repeats 4 times then skips one
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1038 on: June 16, 2023, 1311 UTC »
4095.650 KHz   DW. Fair signal.  BAT 12.8 oTMP 74 iTMP 82  PV 1
Still has a pretty stable frequency. In the winter months it's about 50 Hz higher at the most.

7039.300 KHz   Russian K beacon, great signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1039 on: June 26, 2023, 1246 UTC »
2097.320 KHz   no signal at home or on SDRs
4095.700 KHz   DW. Fair signal.  BAT 12.9 oTMP 68 iTMP 76 PV 162
4109.400 KHz   no signal at home or on SDRs
7039.300 KHz   Russian K beacon, sends K 4 times then pauses, big signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1040 on: August 23, 2023, 1438 UTC »
4095.650 KHz   DW. Fair signal at home.  BAT 13.8 oTMP 79 iTMP 78 PV 1417
4109.500 KHz   Coast Slider, only heard on a Kiwi SDR
6626.400 KHz   Gendarme,  only heard today on on a Kiwi SDR

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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1041 on: August 23, 2023, 1745 UTC »
6700.5 KHz  Hexy2K briefly rose up out of the noise here at home
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1042 on: August 24, 2023, 1353 UTC »

4095.650 KHz   DW. Good signal here at home.  BAT 12.9 oTMP 83 iTMP 83 PV 1   (interesting that inside and outside temps equalized)
4109.500 KHz   Coast Slider, only heard on a Kiwi SDR

No sign of the A Beacon on 2097
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1043 on: August 24, 2023, 1710 UTC »
6700.5 KHz  Hexy2K  Coming in S2 on the KFS Kiwi Omni and S4 on the SE antenna
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1044 on: September 09, 2023, 1451 UTC »
Propagation is a bit better late in the morning am getting a weak butdecent signal here at home from DW

4095.650 KHz   DW.  BAT 13.9 oTMP 83 iTMP 87 PV 1xx2

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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1045 on: September 21, 2023, 1319 UTC »

2097.320 KHz   "A" beacon, very faint here at home
4095.650 KHz   DW.  BAT 12.8 oTMP 69 iTMP 74 PV 1    It looks as if the desert is cooling off
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1046 on: September 28, 2023, 1627 UTC »
Not even weak signals here at home so I went to the KFS SE SDR to tune around

4095.650 KHz   DW.  BAT 14.3 oTMP 76 iTMP 84 PV 2189   (Wow. Big charge going in to the battery. 2.189 Amps) 
4095.94 KHz    Both Coxie and Buddha have drifted to be on the same frequency for a short while
4097.280 KHz  Madonna
4109.480 KHz  CS with it's big sweeps is going strong
6700.500 KHz   Hexy2k  very strong with it's soothing metronome of dashes
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1047 on: October 23, 2023, 1310 UTC »
2097.305 KHz   "A" beacon, faint but clear here at home
4095.650 KHz   DW.  Very strong signal BAT 12.8 oTMP 61 iTMP 68 PV 1   
4109.36  KHz    Coast Slider. Good signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1048 on: November 11, 2023, 1519 UTC »
4095.650 KHz   Desert Whooper. Good signal BAT 13.8 oTMP 55 iTMP 59 PV 1611   
7039.300 KHz   Russian K
7039.400 KHz   Russian M
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