You did not hear KEV on beacon mode and I doubt if ZWH or XIZ use beacon
mode.
I was in qso mode and had a QSO with a stn in Moscow, reported here
previously. There was other qso acty over the week end on 500. I worked
SM6BHZ
and others in the UK plus EU stns xband on 3533/7033 khz.
G3KEV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Thayne" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:29 PM
Subject: LF: [500] CQ 500.0kHz
> Hello John and LF
>
> Over the holiday weekend I heard "GD" transmitted in cw like a beacon,
> at a very steady 559 on many occasions. According to my analogue dial
> the frequency was about 498khz. Wonder if this could be the same
> station you have heard John. I have QRN tonight so no chance of me
> capturing anything until neighbours go to bed !!
>
> By the way many thanks to the many 500 UK beacons on air recently, they
> gave me encouragement to "keep trying" to find a way to kill the QRN
> from neighbours appliances rather than "give up". I captured
> DPE,PDN,SLV,HXO,WGT,LDO,XIZ,ZWH,KEV and maybe more... it was very
> exciting whilst it lasted!
>
> 73 Mike, G3GMS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John
> Pumford-Green GM4SLV
> Sent: 27 March 2008 19:04
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: LF: [500] CQ 500.0kHz
>
>
> Hello LF,
>
> I had my RX tuned to 499.9 by accident and the volume turned fairly low
> but at 1851 I heard some CW, from somewhere... it took a few seconds to
> realise which of the 3 receivers it was emanating from. By the time I'd
> realized it was the IC718 RX, on 499.9, it had stopped.
>
> The grabber currently shows 498-504 and the short call was evident on
> 500kHz between the minute markers for 1851 and 1852.
>
> Question now is... where was it from? I didn't get a chance to read
> anything as I wasn't really aware of it until it was too late!
>
> John
>
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> Clousta, Shetland
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