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HF propagation beacons
« on: February 19, 2019, 2005 UTC »
DARC propagation beacon DRA5 on 5195 kHz CW, at 20:00 UTC. Weak in Athens, Greece



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2019, 2120 UTC »
Luxembourg propagation beacon LX0HF on 5205.2 kHz CW, at 21:15 UTC. Medium strength with QSB (fading) in Athens, Greece.

See their website: http://www.rlx.lu/de/qso/repeaters/beacons.html for further info.


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #2 on: February 23, 2019, 2130 UTC »
Sursee, Switzerland propagation beacon HB9AW on 5291.0 kHz CW, at 19:05 UTC. Medium strength in Athens, Greece.

See their website "Bake 5'291 kHz"  for further info.


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #3 on: February 23, 2019, 2253 UTC »
Westmorland UK propagation beacon GB3WES on 5290.0 kHz CW, at 22:46 UTC. Weak signal in Athens, Greece. More info: http://gb3wes.g3wgv.com/.

Orkney Islands propagation beacon GB3ORK on 5290.0 kHz CW, at 22:32 UTC & 22:47 UTC. Weak signal in Athens, Greece.




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30 m beacons
« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2019, 1621 UTC »
Two 10 MHz (30m) beacons today:

DK0WCY on 10144 kHz CW at 15:45 UTC, strong. More info abt the DARC aurora beacon: http://dk0wcy.de/.

SA6RR on 10133 kHz CW at 15:50 UTC, medium strength: "VVV QRPP BEACON DE SA6RR = QTH JO67KI = PSE RPT ON WWW.RADIOEUD.SE"  More info: http://www.radiorud.se/fyren.php. See QSL card on my ipernity site: SA6RR Beacon QSL-CARD.



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2019, 2115 UTC »
5 MHz bandscan tonight:

Sursee, Switzerland propagation beacon HB9AW on 5291.0 kHz CW, at 21:10 UTC. Medium strength in Athens, Greece.

Good signal from Luxembourg propagation beacon LX0HF on 5205.2 kHz CW, at 21:12 UTC

Weak signal from DARC beacon DRA5 on 5195.0 kHz CW at 21:13 UTC

No reception of the two RSGB beacons on 5290 kHz.


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2019, 0652 UTC »
Only 20m beacon heard in early morning today: OH2B on 14100 kHz, 06:50 UTC. No signals from Asia & Pacific beacons.

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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2019, 0944 UTC »
Another  20m beacon heard today: RR9O on 14100 kHz, 09:43 UTC. Weak.

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Two 30m beacons
« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2019, 1532 UTC »
Two propagation beacons on 10.1 MHz - 30 metes

IK0OZK/B (Marta, Italy) on 10131 kHz CW at 15:20 UTC, weak. Repeats: "VVV DE IK0OZK/B PWR 5 W OUT JN52XM" More info: IK0OZK/B CW Beacon

SA6RR (Oxaback, Sweden) on 10133 kHz CW at 15:50 UTC, weak. Repeats: "VVV QRPP BEACON DE SA6RR = QTH JO67KI = PSE RPT ON WWW.RADIOEUD.SE"


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #9 on: February 28, 2019, 1858 UTC »
A 2m beacon today: SV2JL/B on 144450 kHz CW at 17:00 UTC.

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G3USF beacon list
« Reply #10 on: March 03, 2019, 1948 UTC »
The G3USF list of HF propagation beacons is no longer available. I found in my records the last issue, published in May 2019, and I have made it available on-line as:

G3USF-HF-Beacons-20180523

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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #11 on: March 03, 2019, 2107 UTC »
Propagation beacon HB9AW from Sursee, Switzerland, on 5291.0 kHz CW, at 21:05 UTC. medium strength.


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #12 on: March 09, 2019, 1050 UTC »
Morning of March 9, 2019, IARU/NDXF beacons (all CW):

09:31 UTC  14100.0 kHz  RR2O
09:35 UTC  14100.0 kHz  CS3B
09:41 UTC  18110.0 kHz  OH2B
09:43 UTC  18110.0 kHz  RR2O

For more info about the beacons, visit: International Beacon Project.



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #13 on: March 10, 2019, 1424 UTC »
Morning of March 10, 2019, IARU/NDXF beacons (all CW):

08:22 UTC  18110.0 kHz  ZS6DN

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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2019, 0021 UTC »
Late evening of March 10, 2019, some 5 MHz propagation beacons (all CW):

19:21 UTC   5195.0 kHz   DRA5
19:22 UTC   5205.2 kHz   LX0HF
19:55 UTC   5291.0 kHz   HB9AW