[HFbeacons] Beacons early 31 August 2011

  • From: WJ5O <wj5o@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: 10mprop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, hfbeacons@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:31:49 -0500

*Hi All,

Well, this is different..... more beacons logged via backscatter than direct..... I don't believe I've ever experienced before...All the beacon signals except the Panama beacon were logged backscatter with a 2 element Yagi pointed a little West of South.

00:12-00:22 Z, 31 August 2011 I can hear 8 ten meter beacon signals into EM71.

28.177   HP1RCP     PANAMA CITY, PANAMA           2615 km 1625 miles
28.214   N4PAL      LONGWOOD, FLORIDA               560 km 348 miles
28.245   N8RT       BLAIRSVILLE, GEORGIA            391 km 243 miles
28.269   W3HH       OCALA, FLORIDA                  470 km 292 miles
28.2732  AC4DJ      APOPKA, FLORIDA                 603 km 374 miles
28.280   K5AB       GEORGETOWN, TEXAS              1120 km 696 miles
28.300   KF4MS      WAKULA SPRS, FLORIDA            230 km 143 miles
28.300   K6FRC      TRACY, CALIFORNIA             3233 km 2009 miles

73 Bill WJ5O
Southern Alabama
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