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Author Topic: Cry Baby Beacon  (Read 1943 times)

HQ180

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Cry Baby Beacon
« on: July 11, 2022, 1435 UTC »
Freq: 7956 khz  time 1400 utc...weak but in there a crying dash ever second ...

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2022, 1441 UTC »
CRY BABY solid copy on the NUT sdr  1440utc.  7956 Khz

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2022, 0032 UTC »
Although I'm not copying it from my current QTH in SW Utah, I hope to be heading a bit further north next week. Will take a listen for it then.
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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2022, 1553 UTC »
Today July 29th I went for an early morning hike and took the KA1103 receiver with me..
I caught Cry Baby on 7956 khz at 1300 utc...

I think someone said years ago it was about 10 mw output...

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2022, 1725 UTC »
July 30  at 1315 utc I started hearing Cry Baby it was weak but in there none the less by 1330utc it faded out. 

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2022, 1408 UTC »
Cry Baby 7956 khz fading up as of 1400 utc  about a dash per second

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2022, 0052 UTC »
From what part of the country is this beacon most audible? I've been trying KiwiSDR's in various locations in the west and haven't heard it yet. Does it transmit 24/7 or is it solar powered?
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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2022, 1721 UTC »
Thats a good question.  There are those rare times in the fall and winter I catch it
coming into Colorado and now and then up on the NUT sdr.  I have even heard it
on the KPH SDR.  I keep its freq. in my receivers memory and therefore check it out most every day.  I do the same with Cry Baby.  Word has it that it operates at a 10mw power.  From a Rumor Mill source ( not absolutely reliable), A human or a squirrel cut though
the positive lead from its battery to the transmitter. 


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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2022, 1447 UTC »
CRY Baby coming into the NUT sdrhttp://kiwisdr1.sdrutah.org:8073/
The time is 1446utc  very good copy 7956 khz

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2022, 1601 UTC »
Thanks HQ180. Just heard Cry Baby very faintly on the NUT SDR, on 7956, at 1600z on 9-12-2022.
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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2022, 1426 UTC »
CRY BABY very good copy on the NUT sdr  time now is 1425 utc
7956 khz

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2022, 1332 UTC »
CRY BABY   crying  on the NUT sdr time now is 1332utc  7956 khz

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2022, 1531 UTC »
From a Rumor Mill source ( not absolutely reliable), A human or a squirrel cut though
the positive lead from its battery to the transmitter.

Rodents love to do that. I had a small solar powered data logger where a wood rat chewed through the solar panel cable. Crybaby's creators need to add some tubular woven metal braid to the cable's exterior and the problem will go away.

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Re: Cry Baby Beacon
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2022, 1346 UTC »
CRY BABY making it into the KFS sdr  7956 khz ..1345 utc