Korean beacons popping up everywhere
 

It seems all over the HF spectrum I hear these HL* beacons:
http://freebsd.tfcis.org/~lusitani/d...l/20030809.txt
12840 CW cq cq cq de hlo hlo hlo qsx 12mhz k
12913 CW cq cq cq de hlf hlf hlf qsx 12mhz k
12920 CW cq cq cq de hlw2 hlw2 hlw2 qsx 12mhz k
12932 CW cq cq cq de hlg hlg hlg qsx 12mhz k
with the same message, even when not on 12kHz. I'm in Taiwan. Do
others hear them all over the HF dial too or is it just images? If
not, why do they need so many beacons? What are they used for?

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:18:54 +0800, Dan Jacobson
wrote:

It seems all over the HF spectrum I hear these HL* beacons:
12840 CW cq cq cq de hlo hlo hlo qsx 12mhz k
12913 CW cq cq cq de hlf hlf hlf qsx 12mhz k
12920 CW cq cq cq de hlw2 hlw2 hlw2 qsx 12mhz k
12932 CW cq cq cq de hlg hlg hlg qsx 12mhz k

Those aren't beacons, those are probably commercial ship to shore
stations. Beacons don't usually call CQ and tell you what frequency
they are listening on....

73, Jim KH2D

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:18:54 +0800, Dan Jacobson
wrote:

It seems all over the HF spectrum I hear these HL* beacons:
12840 CW cq cq cq de hlo hlo hlo qsx 12mhz k
12913 CW cq cq cq de hlf hlf hlf qsx 12mhz k
12920 CW cq cq cq de hlw2 hlw2 hlw2 qsx 12mhz k
12932 CW cq cq cq de hlg hlg hlg qsx 12mhz k

Those aren't beacons, those are probably commercial ship to shore
stations. Beacons don't usually call CQ and tell you what frequency
they are listening on....

73, Jim KH2D

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:51:17 +0100, Walt Davidson
wrote:

But I thought Morse code was "dead"!
;-)

That's a rumor that somebody who can't copy Morse code started.....

73, Jim KH2D

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 10:51:17 +0100, Walt Davidson
wrote:

But I thought Morse code was "dead"!
;-)

That's a rumor that somebody who can't copy Morse code started.....

73, Jim KH2D

"Jiun-jie Huang" wrote in message
...
writes:

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:18:54 +0800, Dan Jacobson
wrote:

It seems all over the HF spectrum I hear these HL* beacons:
12840 CW cq cq cq de hlo hlo hlo qsx 12mhz k
...

These are maritime stations. I consulted these on the book "Guide to
Utility Stations" [1], HLF/HLG/HLJ/HLO/HLS/HLW/HLX have operating
frequencies on 4273, 4308, 4357, 4411, 6344, 6451, 6504, 6513, 8473,
8484, 8497, 8577, 8636, 8725, 8797, 12712, 12727, 12735, *12843*,
*12916.5*, *12923*, *12935*, etc. Some maritime stations repeatedly
broadcast above messages to indicate that the frequency you're
listening are theirs, and some don't. :)

73 de JJ, SWL

This confirm also the utility of... SWLs ;-)

73
ON4SKY
ex- SWL ONL5183


Footnotes:
[1] Klingenfuss, "Guide to Utility Stations," 12/ed, 1994.

--
Jiun-jie Huang, aka Albert E-mail: jjhuang AT cm.nctu.edu.tw
???
Department of Computer Science
National Tsing Hua University MIME/ASCII/PDF/PostScript are welcome!
HsinChu, Taiwan NO MS WORD DOC FILE, PLEASE!

"Jiun-jie Huang" wrote in message
...
writes:

On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:18:54 +0800, Dan Jacobson
wrote:

It seems all over the HF spectrum I hear these HL* beacons:
12840 CW cq cq cq de hlo hlo hlo qsx 12mhz k
...

These are maritime stations. I consulted these on the book "Guide to
Utility Stations" [1], HLF/HLG/HLJ/HLO/HLS/HLW/HLX have operating
frequencies on 4273, 4308, 4357, 4411, 6344, 6451, 6504, 6513, 8473,
8484, 8497, 8577, 8636, 8725, 8797, 12712, 12727, 12735, *12843*,
*12916.5*, *12923*, *12935*, etc. Some maritime stations repeatedly
broadcast above messages to indicate that the frequency you're
listening are theirs, and some don't. :)

73 de JJ, SWL

This confirm also the utility of... SWLs ;-)

73
ON4SKY
ex- SWL ONL5183


Footnotes:
[1] Klingenfuss, "Guide to Utility Stations," 12/ed, 1994.

--
Jiun-jie Huang, aka Albert E-mail: jjhuang AT cm.nctu.edu.tw
???
Department of Computer Science
National Tsing Hua University MIME/ASCII/PDF/PostScript are welcome!
HsinChu, Taiwan NO MS WORD DOC FILE, PLEASE!