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Offline Teotwaki

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New Dasher Beacon! "KOK"
« on: March 15, 2024, 0406 UTC »
Receiving it at home and on Half Moon bay on 3579.000 KHz

Sends 22 dashes, about a 4 dash pause then IDs as KOK
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Re: New Dasher Beacon! "KOK"
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2024, 0532 UTC »
I hear it also in Southern California. S9 signal. Very clear

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Re: New Dasher Beacon! "KOK"
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2024, 1400 UTC »
About 10 - 15 minutes ago I heard it really well here at home but all of a sudden it is gone? 13:55 UTC 15March24

Infant beacon mortality?


EDIT: Maybe night time only?
« Last Edit: March 15, 2024, 1542 UTC by Teotwaki »
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Re: New Dasher Beacon! "KOK"
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2024, 0216 UTC »
KOK is on the air
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Re: New Dasher Beacon! "KOK"
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2024, 0218 UTC »
Dasher KOK just powered up
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Re: New Dasher Beacon! "KOK"
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2024, 0356 UTC »
KOK making it into Central AZ this evening. Fair signal with fading. 3579.00 KHz 18MAR2024 03:31z Airspy HF+ Discovery 60ft SE/NW longwire

https://youtu.be/bDUOyKyJlRQ?si=FsRIc26muLLtv_KD

« Last Edit: March 18, 2024, 1557 UTC by DYGradio »
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Re: New Dasher Beacon! "KOK"
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2024, 1115 UTC »
Aside from being in the 80 meter ham band (which could stir up a posse) there was something vaguely familiar about this frequency back in the cobwebs of my mind. Then it hit me, the old NTSC TV color burst frequency was 3.579545 MHz and there were always plenty of those crystals around to build an 80 meter QRP CW transmitter with. A little tweaking of the crystal frequency and there it is. Hmmm....
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