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Author Topic: Letter Beacon A? 6942.6 khz 1620UTC  (Read 1403 times)

Offline wogggieee

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Letter Beacon A? 6942.6 khz 1620UTC
« on: January 15, 2021, 1615 UTC »
It's down in the noise a bit but sounds like a morse A.
« Last Edit: January 15, 2021, 1624 UTC by wogggieee »
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Re: Letter Beacon A? 6942.6 khz 1620UTC
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2021, 1750 UTC »
I hear it clearly here, but I think it's part of the fat digital signal just above it:




Does sound like an A!
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Re: Letter Beacon A? 6942.6 khz 1620UTC
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2021, 1855 UTC »
Yes, just part of the Link-11 signal.
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Re: Letter Beacon A? 6942.6 khz 1620UTC
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2021, 1953 UTC »
wogggieee I have been fooled by link 11 as well several times especially if it is coming in weak. This one at 6942 is prevalent here evenings among the pirates and peskies.  I think I read somewhere it is out of Jacksonville, FL along with one at 11016. But... I could be mistaken the way my brain is going these days.
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Re: Letter Beacon A? 6942.6 khz 1620UTC
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2021, 0022 UTC »
I don't remember there being much of anything above it but I was likely too fixated on what I perceived as the beacon to notice. 

EDIT: Now that I think about it there was something that I brushed off as local noise just about that signal. 
« Last Edit: January 16, 2021, 0025 UTC by wogggieee »
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