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Offline tesla

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"HexY2k" Joshua Tree NP 6700.5 khz
« on: January 26, 2018, 2127 UTC »
I haven't heard this beacon in a long time...6700.48 khz 2120 utc ...weak but lots of fade ups...
glad to know it is still on the air...
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Re: "HexY2k" Joshua Tree NP 6700.5 khz
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2018, 0011 UTC »
Jan 27  at 1700 utc this morning it was q5 copy ...

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Re: "HexY2k" Joshua Tree NP 6700.5 khz
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2018, 0108 UTC »
FEB 27   Time 2255 utc  6700.5khz  dasher in there for 4-5 min q4 copy.

I think this beacon has been on the air close to 20 years
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Re: "HexY2k" Joshua Tree NP 6700.5 khz
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2018, 1816 UTC »
It's been on my "try to listen to" list for about that long I think  ;D

I've tried for it late in the day here in the winter, when there might be a path, but it is early enough that the beacon should still be in daylight (IIRC it is a daytime only beacon?), but no luck hearing it.  Maybe one of these days...
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Re: "HexY2k" Joshua Tree NP 6700.5 khz
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2020, 2117 UTC »
Hexy 2K is coming in on 7600.5 at about S2 to the KPH SDR in Point Reyes, CA at 2115 utc.
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Re: "HexY2k" Joshua Tree NP 6700.5 khz
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2020, 0946 UTC »
Amazingly strong here in the southern Owens Valley in early April on a couple of desert-walks when I rolled out a "mini-Beverage" on the ground (mBOG) aimed toward the beacon's direction (southerly) and it was strong on peaks generally mid-day thanks to some decent shorter-skip on 6.7 MHz when a coronal-hole occurs, helping the MUF peak up a tad.  I've also recorded it via the KPH KiwiSDR (near where I extensively DXed MW and LW in the early to mid-80s) at Pt. Reyes North Beach. 

Via a few listens to KPH rx., I think 6700.4 Hexy2K is about 10dB stronger on peaks than the "Rocky" beacon fast-dashing on 6626.2 kHz (with its stronger paired beacon "Rainy") as it *does* have a good (in-clear) inverted-vee down there in the granite boulder land...

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