Tuesday, 15 January 2013

USA Night on 136kHz

Last night, there was much beacon activity around 137.777kHz. The picture taken at 0300 shows (from the top):

WD2XNS in CT using QRSS60 (visible 0115-0530UTC) in locator FN31LS 5424km from me.
WD2XFJ in MA using QRSS60 (visible 0115-0745UTC) in locator FN42HI 5275km from me.
WD2XES in MA using DFCW60 (visible 0200-0345UTC) in locator FN42CH 5305km from me.
UW8SM in the Ukraine using DFCW60 - his "SM" is on the same frequency as "XES" at 0310.
WD2XKO in NC using QRSS60 (visible 0130-0445UTC) in locator EM95TG 6380km from me.


The bottom scale shows the time. The frequency scale on the right is in Hertz relative to 137.777kHz.
Click on the image to enlarge it.

Note that the US calls on 136kHz and 472kHz are run by amateurs operating under special experimental licences as the US. They cannot use their own callsigns as the US does not currently have an amateur allocation on these bands.
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