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As Dale mentioned the FCC has authorised some ham tests on the 600M
band.
I heard part of what might be the NEED call he heard, but a lot of
local QRM and
the QRN from lightning made listening roguh.
Terrry


Hi Terry,
This is breathing new life into LF. I have heard audibly (and on ARGO, of
course) 2 stations so far. And then the NEED beacon last night- very odd as
it was running in standard NDB mode- i.e. 1000Hz keyed AM CW tone on a
carrier centered at 505 KHz.
W4DEX also copied it ( east of me in Charlotte) and an OH station. I can't
hear it in the daytime so I cannot DF it with the 7' loop.
Appreciate reports from anyone who can copy NEED during the daytime hours.

73,
Dale W4OP