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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #15 on: December 10, 2020, 1153 UTC »
Hearing the 4094 dasher again this morning, 1153 UTC 10 Dec 2020.
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2020, 0340 UTC »
Right now I can hear it on the KFS SDR
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #17 on: December 18, 2020, 0001 UTC »
I think this is my first reception of this beacon, dashes about once per second. 1115 UTC 12 Nov 2020.

Hey Chris,

In the list of beacons in the stickie it said "...dash rate is 60 per second when it speeds up to the 100 per min that is a signal that a CW message will soon follow...."

Any recollection of the timing between CW messages and the content of the CW message?
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #18 on: December 18, 2020, 1305 UTC »
I think this is my first reception of this beacon, dashes about once per second. 1115 UTC 12 Nov 2020.

Hey Chris,

In the list of beacons in the stickie it said "...dash rate is 60 per second when it speeds up to the 100 per min that is a signal that a CW message will soon follow...."

Any recollection of the timing between CW messages and the content of the CW message?

No idea, sorry. Not even sure if this is the same beacon  ;D
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #19 on: December 18, 2020, 1905 UTC »
Thanks! I will update the list
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #20 on: December 22, 2020, 2217 UTC »
Interesting. I am hearing it on the KFS SDR now, sending the letter "S" every 65 seconds.
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #21 on: December 22, 2020, 2232 UTC »
Interesting. I am hearing it on the KFS SDR now, sending the letter "S" every 65 seconds.

Are you posting about Windy on 4102.85 or are you saying that the dasher format beacon on 4094 is now sending CW??
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #22 on: December 28, 2020, 1451 UTC »
1048 UTC 28 NOV 2020:  Heard a (The?) dasher here on 4094.065 kHz just above the noise on a quiet morning.

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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #23 on: December 29, 2020, 0152 UTC »
4094 dasher quite strong here this evening. 01:50 UTC 29 DEC 2020
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #24 on: January 05, 2021, 2208 UTC »
Syfyr is longing  ;)  for  a formal name for this beacon

I’ll throw out the following and you can add in your own suggestions:

Desert Dasher
Happy Dasher
Daring Dasher
Distant Dasher
Deliberate Dasher
Jim
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #25 on: January 05, 2021, 2319 UTC »
We need a name for the 4097 job too! :-)
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #26 on: January 10, 2021, 0115 UTC »
4094 weak but just now fading in 01:15 UTC 10 JAN 2021
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2021, 1249 UTC »
Weak copy, but hearing it circa 1249 UTC 11 Jan 2021.. and then gone. Fading back in at 1253.
« Last Edit: January 11, 2021, 1253 UTC by ChrisSmolinski »
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #28 on: January 12, 2021, 0222 UTC »
4094 faded up with a nice signal this evening. 02:20 UTC 12 JAN 2021
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Re: 4094 Beacon
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2021, 0018 UTC »
Faded up earlier than usual this evening. In and out at this point but making its presence known. 00:18 UTC 13 JAN 2021
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