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Offline kk6pr

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CW Beacon "H" 7049 kHz
« on: October 08, 2018, 2117 UTC »
Don't recall hearing this before.  10/8/18 2100-2200Z.
QTH:  Crooked River Ranch, OR Grid:  CN94ik
Also hearing it on the KPH Point Reyes, CA KiwiSDR

Update:  back again at 2320-2345Z.
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Re: CW Beacon "H" 7049 kHz
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2018, 0217 UTC »
Quote from: kk6pr on October 08, 2018, 2117 UTC
Don't recall hearing this before.  10/8/18 2100-2200Z.
QTH:  Crooked River Ranch, OR Grid:  CN94ik
Also hearing it on the KPH Point Reyes, CA KiwiSDR

Update:  back again at 2320-2345Z.

Did you get a recording of it?
What was the repetition rate?

There's another "H" Morse beacon that appears on 4100.01 (usually heard in California at night) with 3 second repetition rate.
See more info about H beacon click here.
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Re: CW Beacon "H" 7049 kHz
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2018, 0235 UTC »
Sorry, didn't get a recording - but if I hear it again I will.

Heard it 3 separate occasions this afternoon, seemed to start at 20 minutes past the hour until about 50, then off.

Definately wasn't transmitting at 3 second intervals, more like 10-15 seconds.
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Re: CW Beacon "H" 7049 kHz
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2018, 0420 UTC »
Quote from: kk6pr on October 09, 2018, 0235 UTC
Sorry, didn't get a recording - but if I hear it again I will.

Heard it 3 separate occasions this afternoon, seemed to start at 20 minutes past the hour until about 50, then off.

Definately wasn't transmitting at 3 second intervals, more like 10-15 seconds.

Perhaps it was a ham.

At that hour of the afternoon, on 7 MHz, it would be west of The Rocky Mountains.
Propagation has been unusual for the past 2 days.
The Pt. Arguello and Idaho ionograms show that 7 MHz was good for about 250 to 500 miles (single hop) during the intervals when you report copying the H beacon.










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Re: CW Beacon "H" 7049 kHz
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2018, 0046 UTC »
10/10/18 0020Z

Here it is again on 7049.96 kHz this time.  Heard from my QTH in Crooked River Ranch Oregon and the KPH KiwiSDR in Point Reyes, CA.

Recording from the KPH SDR:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1h1S8a3zcIk0Yzi3NRsdbrs72vPIhFRA9


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Re: CW Beacon "H" 7049 kHz
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2018, 0915 UTC »
Quote from: kk6pr on October 10, 2018, 0046 UTC
10/10/18 0020Z

Here it is again on 7049.96 kHz this time.  Heard from my QTH in Crooked River Ranch Oregon and the KPH KiwiSDR in Point Reyes, CA.

Recording from the KPH SDR:  https://drive.google.com/open?id=1h1S8a3zcIk0Yzi3NRsdbrs72vPIhFRA9

Good recording.
The H repetition rate on that recording is every 5.77 seconds.

Was it on a different frequency than when you first reported it?
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Re: CW Beacon "H" 7049 kHz
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2018, 1722 UTC »
Yes, the first day I heard it was 7049.00 kHz - second day 7049.96 kHz - as per the waterfall display at KPH.

May have guessed wrong about the repetition rate on the first day, didn't think to time it accurately - both days were probably the same.

Fading in and out again today 10/10/18 1730Z 7049.96 kHz from Central OR - not hearing it on KPH yet, maybe later in the day.
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