Beacon Hunting
 

Hello,
I am a relatively new shortwave listener. I was wondering if there are
any good sites with a listing of world wide beacons that can be listened to
for propagation reports?

Thanks,
Matt

Yep there are Beacons a Bunch at URL:
http://ac6v.com/beacons.htm

--
Caveat Lector Ya All

Amateur Radio is the best back-up
communications system in the world,
and that's the way it is. Walter Cronkite





"Matt" wrote in message
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Hello,
I am a relatively new shortwave listener. I was wondering if there are
any good sites with a listing of world wide beacons that can be listened
to
for propagation reports?

Thanks,
Matt

if you want to hear beacons, get a longwave radio.

I've never heard any on shortwave as far as I remember.

Mediaguy500 wrote:

if you want to hear beacons, get a longwave radio.

I've never heard any on shortwave as far as I remember.

There are quite a few beacons on shortwave, off the top of my head I
believe the amateur radio system on 14100 is still up and operating for
checking propagation on 20 meters. There are some on 10 meters also.

There are also the HIFER beacons that I know of (check Google).

I'm sure there are more.

So, one does not need to get a longwave radio to listen to beacons!

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

"Mediaguy500" wrote in message
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if you want to hear beacons, get a longwave radio.

I've never heard any on shortwave as far as I remember.

There are lots in the area of 28.150-28.250 MHz. I have a beacon logger
program that I use just to log 10 meter beacons. Last winter, I could almost
daily receive a Hawaii beacon here in SE Minnesota, and I heard lots of
beacons from South America, Mexico and the west coast of Canada.

Jackie

The Amateur Radio Beacon System is at URL:
http://www.ncdxf.org/Beacon/intro.html

Beacons from around the world alternate sending at these frequencies:
14.100 18.110 21.150 24.930 28.200


Stations a
United Nations
VE8AT Canada
W6WX United States
KH6WO Hawaii
ZL6B New Zealand
VK6RBP Australia
JA2IGY Japan
RR9O Russia
VR2B Hong Kong
4S7B Sri Lanka
ZS6DN South Africa
5Z4B Kenya
4X6TU Israel
OH2B Finland
CS3B Madeira
LU4AA Argentina
OA4B Peru
YV5B Venezuela

Hoiwever they ID in Morse code -- but easily deciphered with some free
programs:
http://www.ncdxf.org/Beacon/BeaconPrograms.html

More Beacons a bunch at URL:
http://ac6v.com/beacons.htm

Includes beacons on 10M and one link covers beacons from 1.8 MHz to 28 MHz
URL:
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/28.htm

--
Caveat Lector Ya All

"Amateur Radio is the best back-up
communications system in the world,
and that's the way it is." -- Walter Cronkite





"N8KDV" wrote in message
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Mediaguy500 wrote:

if you want to hear beacons, get a longwave radio.

I've never heard any on shortwave as far as I remember.

There are quite a few beacons on shortwave, off the top of my head I
believe the amateur radio system on 14100 is still up and operating for
checking propagation on 20 meters. There are some on 10 meters also.

There are also the HIFER beacons that I know of (check Google).

I'm sure there are more.

So, one does not need to get a longwave radio to listen to beacons!

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm