[COham] Need LF Beacon Reports from CO

W0rw at aol.com W0rw at aol.com
Sat Dec 16 11:42:15 EST 2006


 Hi CO guys,
   The high bands maybe dead but the Low Bands are still OK..
i need some Daytime CO reception reports of the RW LF Beacon...
  The 'RW' Beacon, WA2XRM, is sending 'RW' in CW at 20 wpm on 480 kHz
continiously all day today, 12/16/06.

   The Beacon is running 125W to a 30 foot vertical in Colorado Springs.

   You might have to disconnect your tuner and hook on your biggest antenna 
to your receiver to hear the weak CW signal.
   You can optimize your antenna system by tuning in the airport beacon "CO" 
on  407 kHz.
   Lamp dimmers and computer power supplies can also cause a lot of noise 
that will mask out low frequency signals.
   Night time transmissions are  3 minutes long on the hour and at the half, 
(Starting at xx:00 to xx:03 minutes and again at xx:30 to xx:33 minutes 
synchronized with WWV) from 0000z to 0700z. 
  
  
Please send reports to  w0rw at aol.com.
  Paul  WA2XRM
P.O. Box 6069
Colorado Springs, CO 80934



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