[Lowfer] 4096, OT, last comment/not yet

Mon, 29 Sep 2003 01:51:54 -0400

Frank
Glad you sent this post, now I know what I am hearing.

See my comments  amid your paragraphs.

6700 kHz. Sends a series of "dits". Located in California. Operates 24
> hours.
I have heared this beacon after midnight here on the west coast of Florida,
could not figure out what it was until you sent this out..

Beacon sounds great here late at night.

ere is some type of data
> transmission just above this frequency that sends "WLO" then a brief data
> stream. I do not know what this is.

This is station WLO, a marine ship to shore radio station with several ship
beacons and aids to navigations traffic,  They are located in Mobile
Alabama.
\Thanks
Anthony
[email protected]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "KD7JYK" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 1:30 AM
Subject: [Lowfer] 4096, OT, last comment

> Here we go!
>
> Greetings from the US. A group of us here in the US Southwest have been
> > operating pirate beacons for a few years now. They are located at remote
> > sites in the southwestern deserts in Arizona and California. They are
all
> > solar powered with a 12V gellcell (lead-acid) battery with the exception
> of
> > one that operates with a solar panel only and transmits daytime only.
The
> > typical power output is about 100 to 200mW using a CMOS crystal
oscillator
> > and a 2N2222 or similar output transisitor. Here is a list of the
beacons
> > and frequencies:
> >
> > 8000.55 kHz: Sends Morse code letter "S"; daytime only from about 1500
to
> > 0000 UTC. Located in western Arizona. Dipole antenna, 250 mW at mid-day.
> >
> > 4095 to 4096 kHz: A "cluster" of 5 beacons mostly sending either "dits"
> or
> > long dashes. They operate 24 hours. One periodically sends Morse "W"
> > between series of dits. Located in Arizona and Southern California
> deserts.
> > About 150 mW each.
> >
> > 6700 kHz. Sends a series of "dits". Located in California. Operates 24
> > hours.
> >
> > I will listen for your beacon on 6135 kHz. There is some type of data
> > transmission just above this frequency that sends "WLO" then a brief
data
> > stream. I do not know what this is.
> >
> > Frank
> > K3YAZ
> > Tucson, Arizona
>
>
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