[Spooks] Letter beacon in Florida?

[Zack Widup]

My understanding is that MX refers to a single letter beacon cluster, no 
matter where it is.  These particular beacons send long dashes, "I" and 
"W".

I used to use a 102-inch whip antenna with a huge loading coil on my car 
for 160 meters.  I was running more than a watt but I did work many states 
while mobile with that setup.

But if someone can put a "stealth" dipole up for 4 MHz somewhere in the 
desert, it will probably get out OK and still be hard to find.

Zack

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, Utility World (Hugh Stegman) wrote:

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> I'd be inclined to agree with Kurt.  I don't think a simple whip like you
> see on VHF would be very efficient on 4 MHz with these low-powered
> transmitters.  These beacons actually get out pretty well, and I'd suspect
> the antenna is somewhat larger than that.
> 
> Oh, and I am almost certain that MX, as assigned by Enigma 2K, only refers
> to single-letter CW cluster and solitary beacons and markers coming from
> Russia and Eastern Europe.
> 
> -hugh
> 
> > : I have been listening to the southwest USA beacon cluster MX around 4096
> > : kHz.  The Spynumbers website indicates they are being sent from small
> > : transmitters with whip antennas placed in various obscure locations in
> the
> > : desert.
> >
> > Not a single one uses a whip antenna!
> >
> > Kurt
>