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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #450 on: April 19, 2017, 1330 UTC »
4093.900 KHz  Unknown dasher. Weak but readable
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #451 on: April 20, 2017, 1207 UTC »
2097.310 KHz  letter A beacon, peaks at 30 dB over the noise
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #452 on: April 20, 2017, 1225 UTC »
7039.400 KHz  Russian beacon M. Weak with fading
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #453 on: April 21, 2017, 1405 UTC »
4095.760 KHz  Coxie. Extremely weak with long fades
4096.342 KHz  Haystack. Fair signal with fading. Low in frequency too
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #454 on: April 21, 2017, 1414 UTC »
7509.000 KHz  unknown dasher. Weak. Frequency varies a bit. Normally this is about where the Russian C beacon might be.
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #455 on: April 24, 2017, 1325 UTC »
2097.310 KHz  letter A beacon, peaks at 10-15 dB above the noise
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #456 on: April 26, 2017, 1252 UTC »
2097.310 KHz  letter A beacon, peaks at 15 dB above the noise
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #457 on: April 26, 2017, 1312 UTC »
7509.035 KHz  unknown dasher. About 10 dB above the noise
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #458 on: April 27, 2017, 1235 UTC »
2097.315 KHz  letter beacon A. Varying 10-20 dB over the noise
7039.400 KHz  Russian beacon M. Very weak but readable.
« Last Edit: April 27, 2017, 1238 UTC by Teotwaki »
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #459 on: April 29, 2017, 1651 UTC »
Been a while since I've hear this one!

6626.380 KHz  Rainy. Good signal but with deep fades
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #460 on: May 05, 2017, 1336 UTC »
I think I caught Haystack in the weird startup mode again or else it is very odd propagation with rapid, choppy fading. For a while the long dash seemed to be two shorter dashes on my pan-adaptor. After ten mnutes it seemed to return to normal operation

4096.365 KHz  Haystack, weak
« Last Edit: May 05, 2017, 1402 UTC by Teotwaki »
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #461 on: May 05, 2017, 1403 UTC »
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon M. very weak
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #462 on: May 05, 2017, 1434 UTC »
7039.378 KHz Letter beacon T. Weak, sometime drowned out by Russian M beacon
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #463 on: May 10, 2017, 1333 UTC »
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon M. Barely readable audio, fair trace on the waterfall display
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Re: My Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #464 on: May 13, 2017, 1436 UTC »
7039.400 KHz  Russian letter beacon M going through long fades. Will pop up with a fair to good signal for a bit then disappear again.
Jim
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