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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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4070 Zebra Beacons Status?
« on: November 19, 2018, 1107 UTC »
Has anyone heard these beacons recently?  I'm trying to label active beacons on the KiwiSDR: http://sdr.hfunderpants.com:8073
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Re: 4070 Zebra Beacons Status?
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2018, 0103 UTC »
Has anyone heard these beacons recently?  I'm trying to label active beacons on the KiwiSDR: http://sdr.hfunderpants.com:8073

I have not caught one here in a very long time, FWIW
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Re: 4070 Zebra Beacons Status?
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2018, 1056 UTC »
Thanks. Sounds like they are no longer on the air.
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Re: 4070 Zebra Beacons Status?
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2018, 1424 UTC »
Thanks. Sounds like they are no longer on the air.

Maybe we could monitor on some remote SDRs for a bit and see if anything is detected?
Jim
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