Up for a challenge? QSL my very low power beacon.

Frequency: 13.5608 mHz +/-25 Hz.
Power: 4.0 milliwatts
Antenna: 17' vertical
Modes: 12 WPM CW alternating QRSS3 approximately every 2 minutes.
Power Source: Solar Power
Location: West Clarksville, New York, USA

Valid screen captures or audio recordings will be rewarded with a nice
e-QSL.

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Part 15 QRP wrote:

Up for a challenge? QSL my very low power beacon.

Frequency: 13.5608 mHz +/-25 Hz.
Power: 4.0 milliwatts
Antenna: 17' vertical
Modes: 12 WPM CW alternating QRSS3 approximately every 2 minutes.
Power Source: Solar Power
Location: West Clarksville, New York, USA

I've heard a few HIFER beacons out that way.. are you using a particular
callsign?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:

Part 15 QRP wrote:

Up for a challenge? QSL my very low power beacon.

Frequency: 13.5608 mHz +/-25 Hz.
Power: 4.0 milliwatts
Antenna: 17' vertical
Modes: 12 WPM CW alternating QRSS3 approximately every 2 minutes.
Power Source: Solar Power
Location: West Clarksville, New York, USA

I've heard a few HIFER beacons out that way.. are you using a particular
callsign?

I can currently hear one up in that area send 'HI'.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:



I've heard a few HIFER beacons out that way.. are you using a particular
callsign?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Yes, my apologies for not including the callsign. The callsign is "P". It is
a short callsign because of the keying circuit I am using. Formerly, the
beacon was known as "RAD" in Radford Virginia and was heard in several
states.

Tim


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dxAce wrote:

I can currently hear one up in that area send 'HI'.

The beacon list that existed on LWCA.org is gone, so I don't know where that
beacon is located, though I do remember it from the list.

The fact that no updated beacon lists or forums specifically for this type
of operation exist any longer is why I decided to start my Unlicensed QRP
site and forum.

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Part 15 QRP wrote:

dxAce wrote:


I've heard a few HIFER beacons out that way.. are you using a particular
callsign?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Yes, my apologies for not including the callsign. The callsign is "P". It is
a short callsign because of the keying circuit I am using. Formerly, the
beacon was known as "RAD" in Radford Virginia and was heard in several
states.

I'm not sure if I ever heard RAD or not but I have heard one out east that was
of comparable power to yours before.

I'll keep an ear out for it. I've a 200' long wire aimed out that way.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Tim

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dxAce wrote:


I've heard a few HIFER beacons out that way.. are you using a particular
callsign?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Yes, my apologies for not including the callsign. The callsign is "P". It is
a short callsign because of the keying circuit I am using. Formerly, the
beacon was known as "RAD" in Radford Virginia and was heard in several
states.

I'm not sure if I ever heard RAD or not but I have heard one out east that was
of comparable power to yours before.

I'll keep an ear out for it. I've a 200' long wire aimed out that way.

The 'HI' beacon seems to be the predominate one I hear here, though I do hear
several others including one that seems to send 'S', one that seems to send either
'I' or 'EE' and one that seems to simply send 'E'.

The thing I like about the HIFER beacons is that since they are such low power one
gets to detect the subtleties of propagation.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Have copied "HI" here in Tucson frequently and got a QSL from him. I
also copied the one out of Oklahoma but can't remember the call sign.
The latter was a QRSS signal.

Frank

There are a few other clandestine Hifer beacons that are hidden in the
Southwest desert and running on solar power. Check 2097.45 kHz. An
"A" is sent every 9 seconds. Also check 4079.65 kHz. The CW beacon
sends "TMP" and then the temperature in Morse. Supposedly located in
the western AZ desert. There is also a cluster of "beepers" and
"ditters" between 4095 and 4096 kHz located somewhere in the California
Mojave Desert. All these beacons are around 100 mW and solar powered.

Frank

wrote:

Have copied "HI" here in Tucson frequently and got a QSL from him. I
also copied the one out of Oklahoma but can't remember the call sign.
The latter was a QRSS signal.

Where is 'HI' located?

dxAce
Michigan
USA