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Offline Strange Beacons

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"D" beacon at 13527.50 kHz and an "S" beacon at 13528 kHz.
« on: May 15, 2020, 1107 UTC »
I found two Morse code beacons within a few kilohertz of each other. A "D" beacon at 13527.50 kHz and an "S" beacon at 13528 kHz. Recorded May 15, 2020 at 1437 UTC via the UTwente WebSDR. I know very little about letter beacons. Are these two well-known?
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Re: "D" beacon at 13527.50 kHz and an "S" beacon at 13528 kHz.
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2020, 2010 UTC »
Both the beacons you reference are mentioned in this Wikipedia entry, and are referred to as cluster beacons -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_beacon
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Re: "D" beacon at 13527.50 kHz and an "S" beacon at 13528 kHz.
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2020, 0007 UTC »
Quote from: Dave Richards on May 15, 2020, 2010 UTC
Both the beacons you reference are mentioned in this Wikipedia entry, and are referred to as cluster beacons -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_beacon

Nice research, thanks. I figured that both of them had likely been around for awhile, but since I don't really follow letter beacons as much as I do other signals, I wasn't sure.
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