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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1005 on: April 30, 2022, 1540 UTC »
Trying out the KPH SDR

4095.16 KHz  MUD DUCK in Morse with 10 dashes in between the Morse
4095.70 KHz  Desert Whooper, 150 Hz whoop, telemetry BAT 14.0  oTMP  71  iTMP 77  PV  188? (signal fade)
4095.93 KHz  Drifting dasher, poor frequency stability
4097.29 KHz  Fast dasher
4099.90 KHz  New to me, sending Morse?
4109.50 KHz  Coast Slider, slow 400 Hz wide whoop
6627.20 KHz  fast dasher beacon, almost 1 KHz wide
6700.45 KHz  Hexie2K
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1006 on: May 02, 2022, 1740 UTC »
Trying out the KFS kiwi SE SDR

4095.70 KHz  Desert Whooper, 150 Hz whoop, telemetry BAT 14.0  oTMP  75  iTMP 84  PV  5
4095.95 KHz  Drifting dasher, poor frequency stability
4109.50 KHz  Coast Slider, slow 400 Hz wide whoop
6627.20 KHz  fast dasher beacon eating up a lot of spectrum, almost 1 KHz wide
6700.53 KHz  Hexie2K
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1007 on: June 16, 2022, 1507 UTC »
on the home receiver

4095.640 KHz  Desert Whooper is faint


Trying out the KFS kiwi SE SDR

4095.69 KHz  Desert Whooper, S6, 150 Hz whoop, telemetry BAT 14.4v  oTMP  88  iTMP 91  PV  1393mA
4095.95 KHz  Drifting dasher, poor frequency stability as it wanders 250 Hz up and down
4109.50 KHz  Coast Slider, slow 400 Hz wide whoop
4110.00 KHz  Fast ditter/dasher thing that shows up every 10KHz on KFS
6627.20 KHz  fast dasher beacon wasting a lot of spectrum, almost 1 KHz wide
6700.44 KHz  Hexie2K very weak


I didn't hear the "A" beacon on 2097.3 but that could just be poor morning propagation. That beacon does seem to be lower power than I recall
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1008 on: June 16, 2022, 1602 UTC »

Now coming in on the home receiver

6700.48 KHz  Hexie2K very weak

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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1009 on: June 17, 2022, 1637 UTC »
CS is a little weak on the KFS Omni such that the full 400 Hz sweep is not heard, maybe the first 150 Hz or so.. The start of the sweep is a little lower at 4109.27KHz, maybe due to the warmer weather. It will be interesting to see how many PPM it drifts back up in winter.
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1010 on: August 12, 2022, 1349 UTC »

4095.650 KHz  DW. Weak signal, 13.4 volts, 86 deg, 91 deg, 535 mAmps. Must be cloudy?
7039.300 KHz  Russian K beacon, +35 dB over the noise! New format, K sent 3 times then a pause.
7039.400 KHz  Russian M beacon, weak
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1011 on: August 30, 2022, 1407 UTC »
Using some SDRs this morning

4095.650 KHz  DW. S8 into KFS SE, BAT 13.5 volts, oTMP 87 deg, iTMP 92 deg, 749 mAmps
4109.350 KHz  Coast Slider with a fair signal into KFS Omni, sweep ends at 4109.7
7039.300 KHz  Russian K beacon, S9 into the KFS Omni. New format, K sent 3 times then a pause
7039.400 KHz  Russian M beacon, weak into the KFS Omni
7998.19  KHz   Hiker, fair into the KFS Omni
« Last Edit: October 08, 2022, 1414 UTC by Teotwaki »
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1012 on: September 13, 2022, 1338 UTC »
All heard on my KX3

4095.650 KHz  DW. BAT 12.9 volts, oTMP 72 deg, iTMP 77 deg, 1 mAmps
4109.5 KHz  Coast Slider with a fair signal here
7039.300 KHz  Russian K beacon, Booming in here.  New format, K sent 5 times then a very short pause
7039.400 KHz  Russian M beacon. Fair signal
« Last Edit: September 13, 2022, 1341 UTC by Teotwaki »
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1013 on: September 18, 2022, 1534 UTC »
All heard on my KX3

4095.650 KHz  DW. Weak whoops heard
7039.300 KHz  Russian K beacon. Fair signal.  New format, K sent 5 times then a very short pause
7039.400 KHz  Russian M beacon. Very weak signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1014 on: October 08, 2022, 1414 UTC »
Heard on my KX3. Cannot hear the Coast Slider this morning

4095.650 KHz  DW. Fair signal  BAT  12.9  oTMP 78  iTMP  82  PV 82
7039.300 KHz  Russian K beacon. Strong signal.  New format, K sent 5 times then a very short pause
7039.400 KHz  Russian M beacon. Very weak signal, hard to hear under the K beacon
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1015 on: October 18, 2022, 1403 UTC »
All heard on my KX3

2097.315 KHz   "A" beacon, faint signal here
4095.650 KHz   DW. Nice signal   BAT 12.9  OTMP 72  ITMP 75  PV 75
4109.360 KHz   Coast Slider, weak but readable
7039.400 KHz   Russian M beacon. Very weak signal, hard to hear under the ham LSB voice splatter
« Last Edit: October 18, 2022, 1406 UTC by Teotwaki »
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1016 on: October 19, 2022, 1300 UTC »

4095.650 KHz   DW. Good signal here.   BAT 12.8 OTMP 73 ITMP 76  PV 1
4109.360 KHz   Coast Slider is weak but clear
7039.300 KHz   Russian K beacon
7039.400 KHz   Russian M beacon
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1017 on: October 19, 2022, 1306 UTC »
I think this is the first time hearing it at home

7998.200 KHz   Hiker, weak but easily readable
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1018 on: November 15, 2022, 1452 UTC »
2097.310 KHz   The A beacon! Weak but clear
4095.650 KHz   DW. Fair signal with deep fades   BAT 13.0 oTMP 48 iTMP 52  PV 1122
4109.360 KHz   Coast Slider is weak but clear
7039.300 KHz   Russian K beacon, very strong here
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Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log
« Reply #1019 on: November 18, 2022, 1410 UTC »
2097.310 KHz   The A beacon! Fair signal. So nice it is back to stay.
4095.650 KHz   DW. Good signal. Telemetry    BAT 12.7   oTMP 49   iTMP 52   PV 2
7039.400 KHz   Russian M beacon, fair
« Last Edit: November 18, 2022, 1414 UTC by Teotwaki »
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