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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #180 on: March 05, 2017, 2348 UTC »
4102.315 KHz WINDY????  Or some sort of irregular patterned dasher? Fair signal
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #181 on: March 09, 2017, 0219 UTC »

4096.370 KHz  Haystack, very solid 10 dB over the noise with fades once in a while
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #182 on: March 10, 2017, 0131 UTC »
4096.370 KHz  Haystack, about 5 dB over the noise with some fading
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #183 on: March 10, 2017, 0156 UTC »
6699.610 KHz  Unknown slow dasher. It's very weak and I don't think it is Hexi2K
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #184 on: March 11, 2017, 2226 UTC »
6700.545 KHz  Hexie2K. Very weak but have not heard it in a very long time
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #185 on: March 15, 2017, 0110 UTC »
4086.810 KHz  First time to hear this 1.8 second dasher! Weak but readable. Cool!!
4096.370 KHz  Haystack, weak but readable
7039.379 KHz  T ? weak but readable
7039.580 KHz  Unknown but may be a Ham radio CW beacon
7508.985 KHz  Unknown fast dasher?
« Last Edit: March 15, 2017, 0355 UTC by Teotwaki »
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #186 on: March 17, 2017, 1914 UTC »
6700.550 KHz  Hexie2K. Very weak
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #187 on: March 17, 2017, 1955 UTC »
6626.4-ish KHz   Rainy and Ditter, very weak so hard to dial in exact frequencies for each.
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #188 on: March 17, 2017, 2034 UTC »
4102.330 KHz Windy? Good signal. Appears to be sending single Morse letters with long spaces inbetween, unsure of pattern.

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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #189 on: March 22, 2017, 0037 UTC »
4095.825 KHz  Coxie. Weak but readable
4096.370 KHz  Haystack, fair signal
4102.325 KHz  Windy. Weak but readable
7508.990 KHz  Unknown fast dasher?
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #190 on: March 24, 2017, 0025 UTC »

0010Z    6626.46  fast ditter (>10dits/sec)  Rocky? steady but weak
0018Z    4096.38  Haystack   extremely weak, long fades
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #191 on: March 29, 2017, 0033 UTC »
all times are as of this posting

4095.840 KHz  Viking. Very weak
4096.385 KHz  Haystack. Weak but readable
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #192 on: March 31, 2017, 2018 UTC »
6700.505 KHz  Hexie2K. Good signal, about 10 dB above the noise floor
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #193 on: April 01, 2017, 0130 UTC »
6626.400 KHz   Ditter, pretty fair signal. Do not hear Rainy at all
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #194 on: April 12, 2017, 0158 UTC »
Last week I spent five days camping in the Nevada desert.

This log is from 4/5/17 at 14:30 PST

13527.9 KHz  Russian letter S. Weak but readable
6700.5   KHz  Hexie2k
6626.4   KHz  Ditter
6626.3   KHz  Rainy
6626.2   KHz  Rocky
4096.37 KHz  Haystack
4096.05 KHz  Hexie
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