Pirate Beacons

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A high frequency (HF) unlicensed '''[[beacon]]''' that does not follow government regulations for operation (such as [[Part 15]]), and are technically illegal.
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There are many of these beacons, quite a few are run as propagation experiments. Due to their nature, the exact location of these stations is generally not known, although many are believed to operate from remote locations in the deserts of the southwest United States, like California's Mojave. Likewise, these stations tend to suddenly appear and disappear from the air. Most run with very low power levels of just fractions of a watt, and are often solar powered, so they can be hidden in open areas. Some are switched via a photocell, so they only operate at night to take advantage of nighttime HF propagation characteristics, running off of a battery that is charged during the daytime by a solar panel.
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There is a message board where listeners can report reception of beacons, it is also useful to see what other folks are presently hearing:
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[http://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/board,9.0.html HF Beacon Loggings]
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== Reported High Frequency Beacons ==
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| Freq (kHz)      || Station ID      || Operation Notes                          ||
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| 2097 || A || Arizona (15 watts) - 'A' ident or malfunctions as series of dits - 15 watts max., 24/7 (back on the air, recently reported on 6 April 2009)   ||
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| 3450 || OK || OK   ||
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| 4011.8 || FL || Dasher   ||
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| 4062 || C || Very drifty, but slow drift, logged form 4052 to 4063.  Its morse is not timed correcctly, it is probably sending a C with a short first dah (longer than dit, shorter than dah), but it could be an ER with a long dit, or a TR with a short dah.  24/7    Location: SW, probably CA   ||
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| 4078 || W || 300-400 mW Inverted L  night time  only Location: Colorado   ||
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| 4077.27 || MO || Solar 200 mW 118ft  end fed wire  24/7    Location: Oklahoma   ||
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| 4079 || TMPnnn || The TEMPERATURE BEACON - Temperature in deg. F. in s.w. Arizona - sends 'TMP' then 2 - 3 digit temp. in CW every 10 seconds. 1 watt   ||
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| 4089 || . || About 80 dits/minute, Death Valley N.P., 24/7, 500 mW to inv. vee. dipole   ||
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| 4094.2 || PA ||  Solar power 200 mW  Dipole  24/7  Location: Arkansas   ||
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| 4094.8  || Dasher || Sputnick - 60 dash/min, night only    Location: West Virginia   ||
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| 4096 || 6 dots 1 Dash ||   ||
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| 4096.1 || Dasher || 4.5 sec long dashes (about 13 dashes per min.) Joshua Tree N.P.- big signal - north-facing dipole ('Coxie') 24/7   ||
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| 4096.25 || Dasher || 1 sec dash (about 30 per min.) Joshua Tree N.P., 400 mW to inverted vee, 24/7 ('Hexie')   ||
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| 4096.6 || Dasher || 2 sec. dash (about 16 per minute) Mojave Nat. Preserve-400 mW to inverted vee, 24/7 ('Kelsie')   ||
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| 4097.2 || Dasher || 55 dashes per minute with chirp when sun is low; day-only, Inyo County, Calif. near DVNP at 5300 ft. elevation ('Inyo-whooper'), inv. vee., 0.5w   ||
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| 4097.4 || KX || "KX" ten times, then "TEMP IN F", then the temp (three times) inside the enclosure, then "TEMP OUT F", and the outside temp, again three times.   ||
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| 4102.3 || W... || The WIND BEACON - sends 'W' ident and series of dits - each dit correlating to a turn of its anenometer, so if it is windy in the s.e. California desert, it sends lots of dits; and no wind, no dits.   ||
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| 4194 || MX || Xtal controlled milliwatt beacon operated occasionally in europe. Sometimes sends straight carrier instead of ID.   ||
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| 4608 || MXC || Xtal controlled milliwatt beacon operated occasionally in europe. Sometimes sends straight carrier instead of ID. Sister beacon to MX.||
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| 5157.6  || Dasher || BLINKY    200 mW  Dipole 24/7  Location: Florida   ||
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| 5484  || SD || San Diego, CA   ||
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| 5499.13  || WA || Dasher   ||
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| 5678.4 || Dasher || PIKE  solar/battery 100 mW Dipole  24/7      Location: Colorado    "Honker"   ||
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| 6549.3 || FL || 300 mW    Dipole    24/7    Location: Florida   ||
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| 6626.2 || S || About 60-200 dashes per min., Inyo COunty, Calif. near DVNP, sun-only, ~200 mW ('Rocky')   ||
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| 6626.4 || Dits || Fast 'drippy' sounding dits about 100/min., Mojave N.P., sun-only, 1.5 watts ('Rainy')   ||
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| 6700.4 || Dasher || About 62 dashes per min., 24/7, Joshua Tree N.P. (Hexy2k)   ||
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| 8001.5 || S || S.W. Arizona, sun-only, 1 watt. strong signal daytimes   ||
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| 8003 || Dasher || Solar/battery  dipole    24/7  Location: Colorado  "Pike JR" 84 dashes/min  ||
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| 8188.7 || W || Solar/battery  100 mW  dipole daylight /7  Location: Colorado   ||
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| 8211.7 || OR ||   ||
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| 10236.7  || FL || Dasher   ||
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| 11002.7  || CO || Solar  battery 300 mW    dipole 24/7  Location: Colorado   ||
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[[Image:ColoradoBeaconQSL.png]]
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== External Links ==
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*[http://highfrequencybeaconsociety.bravehost.com/ High Frequency Beacon Society]
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*[http://www.auroralchorus.com/4096khz.htm Auroral Chorus]
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[[Category:Beacons]]
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