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Offline sat_dxer

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russian naval beacons
« on: May 10, 2012, 1229 UTC »
It was noted in passing: Gud copy of "K" in suppose it Peteropavlovsk Kamchatskiy 5154.3; es "M" in suppose it Magadan 7039.4 @ 1200UT 10 May



« Last Edit: May 11, 2014, 1940 UTC by sat_dxer »
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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2012, 1723 UTC »
Nice catch - where are you located?
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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2012, 0350 UTC »
A quick spin through the RUssian beacons here at the house, between 0345 and 0350, May 26, 2012:

"C"   16332.0
"P"   16331.8
"D"   16331.7
"M"   13528.4
"K"   13528.3
"K"   10872.3

In the morning the lower freq beacons will be in here.

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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2012, 0541 UTC »
"K"   10872.3

Heard that one the other day. Forgot to log it here :-[

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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2012, 1313 UTC »
In the morning, local time, 1300 UTC:

"C"   16332.0
"D"   16331.7
"M"   13528.4
"K"   13528.3
"F"   13528.2
"M"   10872.4
"K"   10872.3
"F"   10872.2
"F"   8495.83 (off listed freq) with spurs at 8495.73 and 8495.93
"M"   8495.4
"K"   8495.3
"M"   7039.4
"K"   7039.3
"F"   7039.2
"K"   5154.3
"K"   3595.3

The ones on 4557/4558 covered by N Korean jammer and a BC station on 4555 kHz.  

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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2012, 1745 UTC »
Hearing something (code) on 13.541.34 but I just cannot pull enough of it out of the noise - utc 1744
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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2012, 1243 UTC »
Has anyone heard the "V V V V" beacon on 7002 lately? I don't think I've heard it in years and I'm afraid it's kaput.
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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2012, 1837 UTC »
You can regularly hear beacon "V" on 4150, 4961, 6809 or 3658 kHz. But not as often as before.

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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2012, 2112 UTC »
I was wondering specifically about 7002 kHz. It has been some years since I heard the V beacon on that frequency.
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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2012, 2129 UTC »
Yeah, that was years ago. I guess that they moved to 6809 and 4150 kHz. They popped up when 7002 kHz stopped. 6809 is not very often reported but 4150 is a regular guest. 3658 seems to be their fixed freq.

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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2012, 2243 UTC »
"C"   16332.0 - UTC 2243. Fairly good copy.
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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #11 on: July 02, 2012, 1538 UTC »
C  16332.0 - 1538 very strong today
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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2012, 1423 UTC »
I'm new here, found this forum after doing a search on these beacons.  I kept hearing some of them in the CW portion of the 40 meter ham band.  I guess no one really knows what exact purpose these beacons serve?

On 8/28 logged the "K" beacon on 7039 khz, 1501-1549 utc., along with a lot of guys chanting something in Tagalog or Malay. 

I also heard three or four single character beacons on 7039-7040 khz (my DX-398 only has one khz readout) on 8/21, around 1336 utc: "K", "F", "M", and what sounded like an "O" also.  From doing a bit of net research, it seems there is no "O" on 7039.  Maybe it was a misread.  There were also a bunch of dudes chatting away in Tagalog on and near that frequency.
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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2012, 1631 UTC »
Hi Boombox,

I was told by a Russian naval officer that the beacons are propagation beacons. There is indeed no "O" but you might have heard "S" or "D"

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Re: russian naval beacons
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2012, 0617 UTC »
Thanks for the information, Ary.  It's much appreciated. 

There are sure a lot of strange things that seem to happen in the 7 mhz range, and I hadn't heard any of those single letter beacons until earlier this summer.  Probably just didn't pay that much attention to the CW portion of the 40 meter band, I guess.

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