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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #420 on: March 06, 2017, 1510 UTC »
4096.380 KHz  Haystack. Weak but readable
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #421 on: March 07, 2017, 1422 UTC »
2097.290 KHz  letter A beacon, 25 Hz low during cold temps, weak but readable
4096.385 KHz  Haystack high in freq with cold temps. Fair signal.
7039.400 KHz Russian letter beacon M. Fair signal with some fading
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #422 on: March 08, 2017, 1332 UTC »
2097.300 KHz  letter A beacon, 25 dB over the noise
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #423 on: March 08, 2017, 1349 UTC »
4096.380 KHz  Haystack. Weak but readable with long, deep fades
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #424 on: March 08, 2017, 1425 UTC »
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon " M".  Weak with long fades
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #425 on: March 09, 2017, 0211 UTC »
Forgot to enter this one. Was roughly at 06:3 PST and T caught me by surprise.

7039.390 KHz  letter beacom "T", weak and right next to theRussian M
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #426 on: March 09, 2017, 1356 UTC »
2097.300 KHz  letter A beacon, peaks at 15 dB over the noise
7039.400 KHz  Russian beacon M. Fair with fading
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #427 on: March 10, 2017, 1510 UTC »
4096.340 KHz  Haystack. Weak but readable
7039.400 KHz  Russian beacon M. Very weak with fading
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #428 on: March 10, 2017, 1931 UTC »
I was waiting for Hexie2K to show up on 6700.500 and spotted this unknown on my spectrum display

6700.936 KHz  Unknown, Not a dasher or ditter. Has a pattern of sorts with some quiet gaps between groups of dits/dahs
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #429 on: March 13, 2017, 1345 UTC »
2097.310 KHz  letter A beacon, peaks at 10 dB over the noise
4096.370 KHz  Haystack. Weak but readable
« Last Edit: March 13, 2017, 1349 UTC by Teotwaki »
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #430 on: March 16, 2017, 1350 UTC »
2097.315 KHz  letter A beacon, peaks at 15 dB over the noise
4096.370 KHz  Haystack. Weak but readable
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon M. Fair signal
Jim
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #431 on: March 17, 2017, 1324 UTC »
2097.315 KHz  letter A beacon, peaks at 20 dB over the noise
4096.370 KHz  Haystack. Weak with deep fades
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #432 on: March 17, 2017, 1603 UTC »
4095.935 KHz  Coxie. Fair signal
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #433 on: March 17, 2017, 1625 UTC »
7508.990 KHz  Unknown dasher, not a Russian beacon. Good signal
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #434 on: March 19, 2017, 1637 UTC »
6700.525 KHz  Hexie2K, barely readable
7508.990 KHz  Unknown dasher, not a Russian beacon. Barely readable
« Last Edit: March 19, 2017, 1639 UTC by Teotwaki »
Jim
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