[Lowfer] Overnight reception in NE IL

[Mike.WE0H]

What's the story on those out of the Amateur band 80m beacons? Is there 
a website describing the who, why and where for these beacons? I presume 
they are Part 15 or bootleg?

I believe our freq list is outdated on the 500kc.com site. I move about 
the band where ever I feel like at the moment. Mostly live at the 
paddles while I am working on some project and have the 600m station 
running. There seems to be a bunch of 600m guys beaconing nearly on top 
of each other around 509kc. Nice and close to the NDB OF CW ID which 
makes it even more of a mess to listen to.

Guess that is a way to prove that the pilots are not using 600m NDB's 
anymore as surely someone would have complained they could not ID the 
NDB with a bunch of CW signals stacked in close to the NDB's CW ID freq.

There appears to be another group whom is sticking real close to the 
bottom of the band at 495kc running QRSS or something slow. WSPR around 
504kc, check the WSPR site for the exact freq. In between all that is my 
station roaming the band with an occasional NEED beacon showing up 
somewhere in there. hi hi

Mike
WE0H/8


Zack W wrote:
> I didn't listen too low but in the 500 kHz region, WD2XSH/6, /7 and
> /31 were coming in again here. Also noticed uncorrelated fading on
> them.
> 
> Is the frequency list on the website www.500kc.com fairly up to date?
> The three CW stations listed above are on 508.9 plus or minus. Those
> aren't listed.
> 
> Some of the HiFER beacons were coming in last night. "OK" on 3449.8
> was loud here as usual (I believe it's in Arkansas), and "MO" on
> 4077.4 was in and out of the noise. I haven't heard the temperature
> beacon yet this winter. I didn't hear any of the ditters or dashers
> around 4095-4096 last night either.
> 
> 73, Zack W9SZ