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DK0WCY 10 MHz
« Reply #30 on: July 02, 2019, 0432 UTC »

04:30 UTC  10144.0 kHz   DK0WCY  CW  DARC beacon with SOLAR/GEO bulletin
 

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Re: DK0WCY 10 MHz
« Reply #31 on: July 08, 2019, 1954 UTC »
Excellent signal from the DARC beacon this evening, I decoded both the CW
bulletin at 19:40 UTC and the PSK31 bulletin at 19:50 UTC!

19:40 UTC  10144.0 kHz   DK0WCY  CW/PSK31  DARC beacon with SOLAR/GEO bulletins



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #32 on: July 28, 2019, 1456 UTC »

14:50 UTC  18110.0 kHz   4X6TU CW  IARU/NCDXF beacon, Israel.
 

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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #33 on: August 04, 2019, 1443 UTC »
Two 28 MHz propagation beacons this afternoon:

14:30 UTC  28227.0 kHz  IW3FQZ/B CW  Italy (JN55VF)

14:36 UTC 28173.0 kHz   IZ1EPM/B CW  Italy (JN35WD, 20W)



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #34 on: August 04, 2019, 1528 UTC »

15:20 UTC  28257.5 kHz  DK0TEN  F1A  Germany (JN47TN, 15W)




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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #35 on: August 12, 2019, 1230 UTC »

12:30 UTC  28188.0 kHz  OE3XAC  CW Austria (JN78SB)



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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #36 on: August 12, 2019, 1827 UTC »

18:20 UTC   7039.9 kHz  IZ3DVW  CW Italy (JN55VF)  weak with QRM


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #37 on: August 14, 2019, 0303 UTC »

03:00 UTC   5291.0 kHz  HB9AW  CW Switzerland


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #38 on: August 30, 2019, 0601 UTC »
Two 2m propagation beacon today:

SV2JL/B on 144450 kHz CW at 05:10 UTC

SV2MCG/B on 144430 kHz CW at 05:15 utc



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Re: DK0WCY 10 MHz
« Reply #39 on: October 26, 2020, 1528 UTC »

15:25 UTC  10144.0 kHz   DK0WCY  CW  DARC beacon with SOLAR/GEO bulletins, October 26. 2020

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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #40 on: November 08, 2020, 0527 UTC »

05:24 UTC  5195.0 kHz   DRA5  CW  DARC 60m beacon, November 8. 2020


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DRA5 aurora beacon
« Reply #41 on: April 03, 2021, 0504 UTC »
Earlier this morning I heard DARC aurora beacon DRA5 from Kiel with weak singal, almost lost in the noise:

04:53 UTC   5195.0   DRA5  A1A (CW)

For more info about the DARC aurora beacons: http://www.dk0wcy.de/


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DK0WCY April 3, 2021
« Reply #42 on: April 03, 2021, 1025 UTC »
10:20 UTC  10144.0 kHz   DK0WCY  CW  DARC aurora beacon with SOLAR/GEO bulletins


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Re: HF propagation beacons
« Reply #43 on: April 06, 2021, 0037 UTC »


Nice steady signal from DARC beacon DRA5 (Kiel) this night!

00:24 UTC   5195.0   DRA5  A1A (CW)


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5 MHz propagation beacons
« Reply #44 on: April 08, 2021, 0207 UTC »
Early this morning:

01:50 UTC   5195.0 kHz  DRA5  CW Kiel, Germany

02:00 UTC   5291.0 kHz  HB9AW  CW Switzerland