[HFbeacons] Re: Greyline Beacons 15 December 2013

  • From: <dpelz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 08:15:37 +1100

Hi Bill,

Indeed - I often call cq when the 10m cw band seems dead and I get an S9 
response from US :) The qsl then says: 'you were the only signal on the band'

I run at 10W power all the time when the beacon is on.

73

Dieter

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: WJ5O 
  To: hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:07 AM
  Subject: [HFbeacons] Re: Greyline Beacons 15 December 2013


  Hi Dieter,

  Thank you for the URL.... and thank you for being on the air in the absence 
of the other threes..... A person never knows if conditions are poor or it's 
just no signals on the air.

  What power are your running when beaconeering?

  73 Bill WJ5O

 
  On 12/16/2013 1:41 AM, dpelz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
    Thanks Bill. I'll try and be regular until the usual VK3 beacons are 
restored. 73 de Dieter, vk3ffb

    Here is a link to Australian broadcast transmission data for reference. The 
Shepparton station is only about 150km north of my qth.

    
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/waystolisten/abc-radio-shortwave-frequency-guide.pdf
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: WJ5O 
      To: hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; 10mprop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Monday, December 16, 2013 10:00 AM
      Subject: [HFbeacons] Greyline Beacons 15 December 2013


      Good Evening All,

      Nice to hear the VK3FFB again this evening...Strange conditions regarding 
two beacons that I could only hear via backscatter .... not the usual direct. 
(VE7MTY & KW7HR).

      22:40 Z, 15 December 2013 I can hear 23 ten meter beacon signals into 
EM71as.

      28.182   VYØSNO     IQALUIT, NUNAVUT CANADA       3720 km 2311 miles
      28.1895  LU2DT      MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA      8295 km 5154 miles
      28.197   LU5FB      ROSARIO, ARGENTINA            7624 km 4737 miles
      28.197   VE7MTY     PITT MEADOWS, BC, CANADA "BS" 3605 km 2240 miles
      28.199   LU1FHH     EL TREBOL SF ARGENTINA        7550 km 4691 miles
      28.200   OA4B       LIMA, PERU                    4958 km 3080 miles
      28.2035  K6LLL      MISSION VIEJO, CALIFORNIA     2959 km 1839 miles
      28.2035  PY2WFG     IPIRANGA, BRAZIL              5940 km 3691 miles
      28.2073  KW7HR      PROSSER, WASHINGTON  "BS"     3250 km 2019 miles
      28.215   YV5LIX     NEAR CARACAS, VENEZUELA       3075 km 1910 miles

      28.2165  N7MA       CATALDO, IDAHO                3113 km 1934 miles
      28.2303  AAØRQ      PINE, COLORADO                1939 km 1205 miles
      28.239   VA7PL      CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN, BC CANADA   3407 km 2117 miles
      28.250   K6FRC/B2   SUTTERS MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA  3233 km 2009 miles
      28.250   K8NDB      YUMA, ARIZONA                 2688 km 1670 miles 
      28.2545  K4JEE      LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY   "BS"     709 km 441 miles
      28.2605  VK3FFB     HEATHMONT, AUSTRALIA         15348 km 9537 miles
      28.280   K5AB       GOLDTHWAITE, TEXAS   "BS"      1120 km 696 miles
      28.287   WI6J       BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA       3067 km 1905 miles 
      28.288   WA7LNW     HURRICANE MESA UTAH           2551 km 1585 miles 

      28.290   N6UN       SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA         2924 km 1817 miles
      28.298   K5TLL      HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI  "BS"  333 km 206 miles
      28.300   K6FRC      TRACY, CALIFORNIA             3233 km 2009 miles

      73 Bill WJ5O
      Southern Alabama

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