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Author Topic: Windy - Letter "S" CW Beacon 4103 0830 utc 21 Dec 2020  (Read 1114 times)

Offline l0ngwire

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Windy - Letter "S" CW Beacon 4103 0830 utc 21 Dec 2020
« on: December 21, 2020, 0849 UTC »
I tried listening for the Windy beacon tonight, but could not hear it on 4103.  Instead I am hearing the letter "S" sent about every two minutes. Speed is about 12wpm.

FWIW, while I normally hear the Desert Whooper beacon in the early evening, I can't hear it tonight at midnight, although it has a good signal now on the KFS omni antenna.

My location is Santa Barbara, Calif., and I am listening on a 50' long wire antenna with an Icom 7200.
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Re: Windy - Letter "S" CW Beacon 4103 0830 utc 21 Dec 2020
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2020, 1112 UTC »
Windy sends the letter S when the battery voltage is low.  So you managed to hear Windy after all  :)

Here's my reception of Windy around 1110 UTC this morning using one of my KiwiSDR receivers:

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