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SV1KMK QRP beacon
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2019, 1111 UTC »
Today I noticed a new beacon SV1KMK on 14318.2 kHz CW:

VVV VVV VVV
CQ DE SV1KMK QRP TEST
CQ SV1KMK QRP TEST
CQ SV1KMK QRP PSE TEST

I have uploaded a recording: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/777361/48262442



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2019, 1605 UTC »
Afternoon of March 20, 2019, IARU/NCDXF beacons (CW):

17:55 UTC  18110.0 kHz  ZS6DN

16:02 UTC  18110.0 kHz  4U1UN

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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2019, 2049 UTC »
Late evening of March 20, 2019, some 5 MHz propagation beacons (all CW):

20:45 UTC   5291.0 kHz   HB9AW

20:46 UTC   5290.0 kHz   GB3WES

20:47 UTC   5290.0 kHz   GB3ORK

20:49 UTC   5195.0 kHz   DRA5 (weak)



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2019, 1829 UTC »
Evening of March 26, 2019, some 5 MHz propagation beacons (all CW/A1A):

18:20 UTC   5195.0 kHz   DRA5 (weak)

18:22 UTC   5205.2 kHz   LX0HF

18:28 UTC   5291.0 kHz   HB9AW




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DK0WCY active?
« Reply #19 on: April 06, 2019, 1548 UTC »
Has anyone heard propagation beacon DK0WCY on 10144 kHz recently? I have not heard it on my own radios and I also failed to receive it on Twente WebSDR.


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IK3NWX 10137.2 kHz
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2019, 1135 UTC »
I just heard low power beacon IK3NWX from Monselice, ITA (JN55VF). Very difficult to hear and decode, even with a 150 Hz bandwidth, as it is within the always busy FT-8 band.

11:30 UTC  10137.3 kHz  IN3NWX/BEACON


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5 MHz beacon review
« Reply #21 on: April 29, 2019, 2052 UTC »
Late evening of April 29, 2019, some 5 MHz propagation beacon logs (all CW/A1A):

20:33 UTC   5195.0 kHz   DRA5  (DARC)

20:35 UTC   5291.0 kHz   HB9AW

20:36 UTC   5205.2 kHz   LX0HF

20:47 UTC   5290.0 kHz  GB3ORK (RSGB, weak)



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GB3ORK in JT9
« Reply #22 on: May 05, 2019, 0201 UTC »
"0148 -22  0.1 1005 @  GB3ORK - 5MHZ"

 5290.0 kHz: Received the JT9 transmission from beacon GB3ORK on May 5, 2019 at 01:48 UTC.

The text sent is "GB3ORK - 5MHZ"  GB3ORK is located located on the Orkney Isles at locator IO89JA and is part of the UK 5MHz Beacon Chain.




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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #23 on: May 08, 2019, 1704 UTC »
One DX propagation beacon on May 8, 2019

17:01 UTC   14100.0 kHz   RR9O (Siberia)

Also hearing the regulars OH2B, 4X6TU


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Re: SV1KMK QRP beacon
« Reply #24 on: May 08, 2019, 1808 UTC »
Today I noticed a new beacon SV1KMK on 14318.2 kHz CW:

VVV VVV VVV
CQ DE SV1KMK QRP TEST
CQ SV1KMK QRP TEST
CQ SV1KMK QRP PSE TEST

I have uploaded a recording: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/777361/48262442

Thanks for sharing the recording!
Jim
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76' end fed long wire & 66' off-center fed dipole for 10/20/40 meters
Orange County, SoCal, The better half

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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #25 on: May 19, 2019, 2009 UTC »
For the first time in recent weeks, propagation beacon DK0WCY on May 19, 2019. Week signal, faded out after a while. At 19:50 I also received fragment of its PSK31 telemetry.

19:33 UTC   10144.0 kHz  DK0WCY Scheggerott, Germany (JO44vq).


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #26 on: May 26, 2019, 0618 UTC »
A few 28 MHz propagation beacons on the morning of May 26, 2019 via Es (sporadic E) propagation:

06:05 UTC  28217.0   IQ5MS   JN54AA

06:07 UTC  28205.0   DL0IGI  JN57MT

06:09 UTC  28188.0   OE3XAC  JN78SB



See a list by G3USF here: https://sv1xv.blogspot.com/p/g3usfs-worldwide-list-of-hf-beacons.html.


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #27 on: June 11, 2019, 0212 UTC »
Dennis Green, ZS4BS is the new IARU HF Beacon coordinator:

ZS4BS's Worldwide List of HF Beacons.

The new IARU HF Beacon site is:

Worldwide List of HF Beacons.


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #28 on: June 15, 2019, 0731 UTC »
A few 28 MHz propagation beacons on June 15, 2019

07:20 UTC  28205.0   DL0IGI  JN57MT   A1A (CW)

07:22 UTC  28226.9   IW3FZQ  JN55VF  A1A (CW)

07:25 UTC  28257.5   DK0TEN  JN47NT  F1A (FSK)



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #29 on: June 26, 2019, 1628 UTC »
Today, I hear DARC beacon again, after many days:

16:25 UTC  10144.0 kHz   DK0WCY  CW


 

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