[Lowfer] New lowfer beacon BR

[Garry Hess]

Darwin, ex-EMP, just started up lowfer BR at his new QTH. From 
http://lwca.org/mb/msg/2233.htm:

"Last May, at my previous home in Empire, LA, the antenna for EMP 
185.585 was accidentally knocked down by our landscaper when his son ran 
over the guy wire anchor with a ride-on mower, resulting in the demise 
of the EMP antenna.

Since then, my wife and I purchased a home in Buras, Louisiana, about 11 
miles further out into the Gulf of Mexico on the Mississippi Delta. I 
have erected a full 50-foot vertical with 22-foot downsloping top 
radials as the capacitance hat. Today, I have fired up beacon BR, and it 
is now running 24-7 on 186.585kHz and with the same format and 
modulation as EMP had used last season. The USB voice ID is centered at 
186.000kHz, and the CW is centered at 185.585 (so a radio zero-beat at 
186.000 will produce the IDs with a 415Hz tone).

While your radio is tuned to 186.000 kHz, the format will appears as 
follows:
Minute one starts with a 5-tone chime, then 16 IDs of BR using a 415 Hz 
tone, followed by a 5-second dash at the end of the minute.
Minute two starts with a 5-tone chime, then a CW ID of BR alternating 
with a female voice ID saying "This is radiobeacon B R Buras, Louisiana 
U.S.A."
These two 1-minute cyles are alternated continuously and to the 
millisecond so you can time them accurately using spectrograms or a 
stopwatch.

Transmitter is located at 29.346303°N, -89.422612°W with Grid Square EL59hh.

Happy DXing.
Darwin Long
Beacon BR 185.585kHz
Buras, LA"

It's still pretty early but the signal is already making it to Chicago 
on 185.560 kHz, drifting down slowly with time.

73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL