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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #840 on: February 11, 2020, 1457 UTC »
4102.840 KHz  Windy. Fair signal with fading. Light breeze. Temp 48 and Battery 11.4v
7039.400 KHz  Russian "M". Weak but readable
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #841 on: February 24, 2020, 1653 UTC »
4102.840 KHz  Windy. Fair signal. Sending three dits.
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #842 on: February 27, 2020, 1242 UTC »
suprised to hear Windy sending telemetry but the battery is running low so hopefully it hangs in there until sunrise

2097.300 KHz  Beacon "A". Fair signal
4102.850 KHz  Windy. Fair signal with fading. Light breeze. Temp 51 and Battery 11.6v

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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #843 on: February 28, 2020, 1621 UTC »

4102.820 KHz  Windy. Fair signal with fading. Light breeze. Temp 60 and Battery 11.1v

Lots of clouds over SoCal deserts today   https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector.php?sat=G17&sector=psw

.......so I hope the battery voltage can hang in there.
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #844 on: March 05, 2020, 1636 UTC »
4102.840 KHz  Windy. Fair signal and transmitting 4 dits

Sunny in the desert today and until Saturday 
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #845 on: March 05, 2020, 1936 UTC »
4102.860 KHz  Windy. Fair signal with fading. 4 dits roughly every 65 sec
6626.320 KHz  Rainy. Very weak with rapid fading
6700.520 KHz  Hexie2K  Very weak but readable
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #846 on: March 06, 2020, 1419 UTC »
4102.860 KHz  Windy. Good signal. Three dits
7039.300 KHz  "K" beacon from Russia. Weak but readable.
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #847 on: March 07, 2020, 1520 UTC »


4102.840 KHz  Windy. Fair signal with fading. Light breeze. Temp 63 and Battery 11.7v

Lots of clouds over SoCal deserts today   https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector.php?sat=G17&sector=psw
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #848 on: March 08, 2020, 1336 UTC »
7039.200 KHz  "F" beacon from Russia. Unusual catch! Fair signal too.
7039.300 KHz  "K" beacon from Russia. Fair signal. I rarely hear more than one at a time..
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #849 on: March 08, 2020, 1409 UTC »
Windy is sending telemetry this morning

4102.840 KHz  Windy. Fair signal with fading. Light breeze. Temp 49 and Battery 11.4v
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #850 on: March 12, 2020, 1507 UTC »
4102.835 KHz  Windy. Fair signal with fading. Bare hint of a breeze. Temp 57 and Battery 11.5v

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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #851 on: March 14, 2020, 1407 UTC »
4102.840 KHz   Windy. Fair signal with 3 dits transmitted every 65 seconds
7039.200 KHz  "F" beacon from Russia. Fair signal with fades
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #852 on: March 15, 2020, 1410 UTC »
7039.200 KHz  Russian "F". Fair signal
7039.300 KHz  Russian "K". Fair signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #853 on: March 16, 2020, 1332 UTC »
7039.200 KHz  Russian "F". Rapid fades but is a fair signal
7039.300 KHz  Russian "K". Big signal, 20 dB over the noise floor
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #854 on: March 17, 2020, 1409 UTC »
4102.860 KHz  Windy. Weak. Sending 3 dits every 65 seconds
7039.200 KHz  Russian "F". Big signal, 25 dB over the noise floor
7039.300 KHz  Russian "K". Big signal, 25 dB over the noise floor
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