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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log

« on: August 04, 2021, 1424 UTC »

4095.650 KHz   DW. Weak but readable on the KX3. BAT 13.6  O TMP  93  I TMP 99  PV  1497
4102.790 KHz  Windy. Weak but readable on my KX3. Anemometer is stuck, draining the battery.  TMP 100  B 11.1

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HF Beacons / Re: Mid Atlantic Beacon Loggings

« on: August 04, 2021, 0440 UTC »

I am hearing faint whoops on the 900 foot Horizontal Sky Loop antenna

I noticed across the SDR's GUIs that the little "flag" markers denoting beacon frequencies are not up to date.

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HF Beacons / Re: Currently Active Beacons Chat

« on: August 04, 2021, 0426 UTC »

Beacon lists updated today

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HF Beacons / Re: Archer Beacon ON THE AIR!

« on: August 03, 2021, 0230 UTC »

Disappeared again here as well. He's not answering his emails. I pray our op didn't go SK from this plague or something 

hopefully life got busy for them and they had to put the hobby aside until later

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Afternoon Beacon Log

« on: August 03, 2021, 0226 UTC »

4095.640 KHz  Desert Whooper. Peaking 20+db over the local noise BAT 13.0  O TMP 105  I TMP 109  PV 12
4102.800 KHz  Windy.  Peaking 20+db over the local noise. Fast breeze pips. TMP 103 B 11.9

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HF Beacons / Re: "D" 13820 kHz CW 2156Z 7/29/21

« on: August 02, 2021, 0533 UTC »

I can see his image just fine, Jim 

(I could see it barefoot or through any IP my VPN assigns me *shrug* )

Chrome is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. It's not a "browser issue" when a host site has no security certificate by choice.  Also, Image BB can host images without requiring an account, password, etc. I use ImageBB's service a lot.

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HF Beacons / Re: Teotwaki's Morning Beacon Log

« on: August 01, 2021, 1628 UTC »

4095.650 KHz   DW. Weak but readable on the KX3
4102.790 KHz  Windy. Weak but readable on my KX3

The eastern California deserts look as if they are mostly cloud free. Good weather for solar charging of beacon batteries. Image ends around 15:51Z

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HF Beacons / Re: Archer Beacon ON THE AIR!

« on: August 01, 2021, 1612 UTC »

Is it still on the air? I just checked the KFS omni but heard nothing. Hopefully it's just poor propagation.

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HF Beacons / Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65

« on: August 01, 2021, 1607 UTC »

I have a weak to fair, readable signal on both receivers here at home. I also checked SDRs in Utah, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, Canada and California. The signals were fair to very good. Other than the improved signal strength, the telemetry and "whoop" format seem unchanged.

BAT 14.3  O TMP  92 I TMP  101  PV 4

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HF Beacons / Re: D 13820 kHz CW 2156 UTC 29 JUL 2021

« on: August 01, 2021, 1535 UTC »

Jim, screen shot was already provided in Reply #1 on: 2021-07-29, 22:38:41. Make sure your browser is not blocking mix content (I.E. http/https).

As a moderator I can access individual posts as if I was the author.

If I post a picture using the image tag button to bracket the HTTPS pointer to the image stored at a genuine image hosting site (image bb) , everyone should have no trouble seeing it.

Example:




If I take just the image pointer   http://www.milspec.ca/board/img/2021-07-29_181730.png and go there I can see the image.

If I use the Image tag button and repost



I can't see it. Maybe you can because you posted the image at milspec.ca?

I think the milspec.ca site does not allow the site to be used as an image host as opposed to ibb or other sites that host images.

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HF Beacons / Re: F

« on: July 31, 2021, 2221 UTC »

---- I don't know anything about this cluster - are they related to the cluster of Russian coastal 'letter' beacons typically heard on 7039?

I would ask HFU member Looking Glass

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=98151

His Russian beacon thread (note other freqs besides 7039)

https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,36212.0.html

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HF Beacons / Re: D 13820 kHz CW 2156 UTC 29 JUL 2021

« on: July 31, 2021, 1619 UTC »

Unfortunately, the station went off-air before I had the chance to record an I/Q stream for further analysis. The LSB was a little lower in aural frequency vs. the USB, a definite difference, which means that the centre frequency (CF) might be slightly off from 13820 kHz. As can be seen in the screen shot, tones were +/- 400 Hz from CF. I was listening in double sideband (DSB) mode which allowed me to demodulate both signals simultaneously. Definitely one to keep an ear on.

Screen Shot please


Lots of ways to post images in this "How To" thread: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,26834.0.html

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HF Beacons / Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65

« on: July 31, 2021, 1535 UTC »

DW can again be heard across a wide swath of SDRs as well as on my receivers at home.

4095.700 KHz  DW  BAT  13.8  OTMP 86  ITMP 90  PV 1712

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HF Beacons / Re: Windy 4102.85 malfunction?

« on: July 31, 2021, 0456 UTC »

I believe that Windy is now running on some sort of rechargeable lithium based battery. Prior to the last time it was off the air it had lead acid battery voltage ranges being reported.

PS: I merged "Is Windy Off the Air" with this topic. No need for two threads about Windy's hiccups 

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HF Beacons / Re: New whooper beacon on 4095.65

« on: July 30, 2021, 2338 UTC »

The Desert Whooper is back at full signal strength and also normal telemetry. Heard on the KFS SE kiwi