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Re: Afternoon Beacons
« Reply #30 on: September 13, 2015, 2246 UTC »
I hired a guy to trim my trees and he also took out my receive only longwire. I just finished repairs and i can hear

Rainy on 6626.3 KHz
Hexie2k on 6700.5 KHz

At 15:45 PST
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Re: Afternoon Beacons
« Reply #31 on: September 19, 2015, 2216 UTC »

Hexie2k on 6700.5 KHz

At 15:15PST
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Re: Afternoon Beacons
« Reply #32 on: October 20, 2015, 2013 UTC »


Hexie2k on 6700.5 KHz with a strong signal hit by deep fading

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Re: Afternoon Beacons
« Reply #33 on: November 17, 2015, 0012 UTC »
Just got home and Kelsie is coming up out of some long fades on 4096.365 KHz

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Re: Afternoon Beacons
« Reply #34 on: November 18, 2015, 0112 UTC »
2097.31 KHz. Letter A beacon with deep fades and peaking 20dB above the noise
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #35 on: November 19, 2015, 0011 UTC »
As the sun is setting I managed to get a few weak "whoops" on 4097.2 KHz, the Whooper beacon
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #36 on: November 19, 2015, 0028 UTC »
beacon "A" is just starting to rise out of the noise on 2097.310 KHz
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #37 on: November 24, 2015, 2330 UTC »
16332.4    "M"     Magadan RU from 2315z 24 November 2015 (weak)
Most times & frequencies posted are only an approximation.

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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #38 on: November 25, 2015, 0042 UTC »
All I have found at this time of the day on a cool and cloudy afternoon is beacon "A" on 2097.310 KHz
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #39 on: November 25, 2015, 0042 UTC »
16332.4    "M"     Magadan RU from 2315z 24 November 2015 (weak)

Nice catch! Where are you located?
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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #40 on: November 28, 2015, 0029 UTC »
16332.2    "F"     Vladivostok RU from 0015z 28 November 2015
Most times & frequencies posted are only an approximation.

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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #41 on: December 05, 2015, 2046 UTC »
16331.9    "S"    Severomorsk from 2030z 5 Dec 2015
Most times & frequencies posted are only an approximation.

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Re: My Afternoon Beacon Log
« Reply #42 on: December 06, 2015, 0103 UTC »
started listening again around 3:30 and "A"A on 2097.310 has been very strong, over 20+ dB over the noise floor
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Letter beacon V
« Reply #43 on: December 08, 2015, 0142 UTC »
At 01:40 UTC I can hear letter beacon V on 3658 kHz, in the 80 m band, with fairly strong signal.


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Re: Letter beacon V
« Reply #44 on: December 09, 2015, 0047 UTC »
At 01:40 UTC I can hear letter beacon V on 3658 kHz, in the 80 m band, with fairly strong signal

What is your general area of signal reception?
Jim
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