[Lowfer] Overnight reception in NE IL

[Zack Widup]

They are actually pirate beacons. Nobody seems to mind though. There's
some info here:

http://www.spynumbers.com/USSWbeacon.html

There is also a discussion group about them at hfunderground.com. As
for the "who," I doubt you are going to find that out. The "where" is
somewhere in the southwest desert of the USA. BTW most of these are
only milliwatts with a couple being at the 1 watt level.

Last night I heard a very strange signal in the 600 meter region. It
seemed to have two peaks, one around 495 kHz and one around 509 kHz.
It sounded like a digital burst with changing frequency, followed by a
down chirp repeating about every 2.5 seconds. It went from 0021 to
0023Z 17 Feb, then disappeared. It reappeared at about 0026Z and was
still going when I had to leave at 0035Z. I thought there might be
something local generating it but not sure.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Mike.WE0H <we0h at gmx.com> wrote:
> 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 I believe our freq list is outdated on the 500kc.com site.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
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