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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #465 on: February 18, 2023, 0357 UTC »
Decent propagation again, three reliable beacons heard about 19:55 PST 2/17  03:55 Z 02/18

2097.315 KHz    "A" beacon, fair signal here on the MLA loop and the R8600
4095.705 KHz    DW. Fair signal on the KX3  BAT 13.0  OTMP 48  ITMP 55  PV 1
4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, weak but readable slow whoops on the KX3
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #466 on: February 22, 2023, 0522 UTC »
2097.315 KHz    "A" beacon, fair signal here on the modified MLA loop and the R8600
4095.705 KHz    DW. Fair signal on the KX3  BAT 13.0  OTMP 53  ITMP 62  PV 1
4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, fair signal on the modified MLA loop and the R8600
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #467 on: March 18, 2023, 0322 UTC »
received on the modified MLA loop and the R8600

2097.315 KHz    "A" beacon,  strong signal here
4095.705 KHz    DW, strong signal here.  BAT 13.0  OTMP 58  ITMP 63  PV 1
4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, fair signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #468 on: March 18, 2023, 1122 UTC »
I checked some distant SDRs:
Maui and HFU’s 8076 and 8077

Weak but clear whoops on all from DW so it still seems to have a good late night signal.
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #469 on: March 27, 2023, 0244 UTC »
received on the KX3

2097.315 KHz    "A" beacon,  fair signal here
4095.705 KHz    DW, strong signal here.  BAT 13.0  OTMP 55  ITMP 63  PV 1
4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, good signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #470 on: April 03, 2023, 0236 UTC »
received on the KX3

2097.315 KHz    "A" beacon,  weak but clear signal here
4095.705 KHz    DW, strong signal here.  BAT 13.1  OTMP 66  ITMP 75  PV 1
4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, weak signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #471 on: April 11, 2023, 0425 UTC »
All beacons received on the KX3

2097.315 KHz    "A" beacon,  weak but clear signal here
4095.690 KHz    DW, good signal here.  BAT 13.0  OTMP 85  ITMP 87  PV 1
4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, weak signal
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #472 on: June 17, 2023, 0432 UTC »
All beacons received on the KX3

2097.290 KHz    "A" beacon,  good signal here
4095.650 KHz    DW, good signal here.  BAT 13.1  OTMP 87  ITMP 93  PV 1

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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #473 on: August 25, 2023, 0356 UTC »
These beacons received here at home

4095.690 KHz    DW, good signal here.  BAT 13.0  OTMP 95  ITMP 96  PV 1
4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, good signal here at home, can see it on the PX3 waterfall
Jim
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #474 on: September 10, 2023, 0233 UTC »
Decent propagation again

4095.650 KHz    DW. Fair signal on the KX3  BAT 13.1  OTMP 98 ITMP 100 PV  1
4109.500 KHz    Coast Slider, weak but readable, slow whoops on the KX3
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #475 on: September 18, 2023, 0220 UTC »

No signal heard tonight from the 2097 "A" beacon

4095.650 KHz    DW. Fair signal on the KX3  BAT 13.1  OTMP 92 ITMP 96 PV  1
4109.500 KHz    Coast Slider, extremely weak on the KX3
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #476 on: November 27, 2023, 0122 UTC »
Cooler temps have moved the frequency 50 Hz back up

4095.700 kHz   DW. Fair signal on the KX3  BAT 13.1  OTMP 52 ITMP 62 PV  1

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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #477 on: November 27, 2023, 0130 UTC »
within a few minutes of logging DW I got this

4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, extremely weak but clear on the KX3
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Re: Teotwaki's Evening Beacon Log
« Reply #478 on: March 18, 2024, 0320 UTC »
received on the KX3

3579.010 KHz    KOK, fair signal
4095.695 KHz    DW, good signal here.  BAT 13.0  OTMP 60  ITMP 66  PV 1
4109.400 KHz    Coast Slider, weak but readable signal
Jim
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76' end fed long wire & 66' off-center fed dipole for 10/20/40 meters
Orange County, SoCal, The better half