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Author Topic: 1804 kHz Beacon - CW Marker (Tropical wave band 160 meters)  (Read 1066 times)

Offline Daniel Wyllyans

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1804 kHz Beacon - CW Marker (Tropical wave band 160 meters) unid CW received here in 01:21 UTC Day 04 December 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI4s5GZXPbQ
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Re: 1804 kHz Beacon - CW Marker (Tropical wave band 160 meters)
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2016, 1315 UTC »
This is not a Beacon or CW marker, this is ham radio operators, amateur radio operators, on the 160 meter band communicating in Morse code.  You will find this traffic regularly from 1800 to about 1830 kHz.

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