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Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 20:49:51 -0500
From: "John Currie" <john.currie@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Subject: Re: LF: Recent beacon activity
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Hi Jim ,  I assume you have seen screen shots of reception of your sigs as
posted at Dave's site
   73 de John VE1ZJ

James Moritz wrote:

> Dear LF Group,
>
> In case anybody is trying to identify beacon signals, this is when I
> have been transmitting over the last few days, all on 135.9230kHz:
>
> 2047 on 3/2/2001 until 0350 on 4/2 - "M0BMU" at 1hr per callsign
>
> 2120 on 4/2/2001 until 0235 on 5/2 - as above
>
> 1945 on 5/2/2001 until 0240 on 6/2 - Increased speed to 1/2hr per
> call (about 30s dots).
>
> If anybody would like a different signal, or at different times, let me
> know and I'll try to oblige.
>
> I looked at 136.75kHz with an eye to the possibility of receiving the
> WA2XTF beacon, given the good propagation there has been
> lately. in a range of +/-5Hz there are several spectral lines of
> variable strength. In order to stand much chance of being visible,
> WA2XTF will have to avoid these lines, and have a frequency that
> is known to within 0.1Hz or so. Has anyone at AMRAD measured
> the frequency accurately lately?
>
> I think my E-mail is working, but it is taking longer than usual for
> things to appear.
>
> Will be transmitting again tonight, using the shorter dots, provided
> the wind does not get too wild for my antenna.
>
> Cheers, Jim Moritz
> 73 de M0BMU