From owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Thu Jul 3 14:26:47 1997 Received: from fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU (fidoii.CC.lehigh.EDU [128.180.1.4]) by oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA22399 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:26:46 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Lehigh.EDU ([127.0.0.1]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with SMTP id <34870-68112>; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:22:20 -0400 Received: from nss2.CC.Lehigh.EDU ([128.180.1.26]) by fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU with ESMTP id <34965-23826>; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:20:40 -0400 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (SGI.COM [192.48.153.1]) by nss2.CC.Lehigh.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA65773 for ; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 14:20:32 -0400 Received: from sgidal.dallas.sgi.com ([169.238.80.130]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id LAA15924; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:20:30 -0700 env-from (adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com) Received: from chuck.dallas.sgi.com by sgidal.dallas.sgi.com via ESMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/911001.SGI) id NAA00852; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:20:27 -0500 Received: (from adams@localhost) by chuck.dallas.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) id TAA27638; Thu, 3 Jul 1997 19:20:25 +0100 Message-Id: <199707031820.TAA27638@chuck.dallas.sgi.com> Date: Thu, 3 Jul 1997 19:20:25 +0100 Reply-To: adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com Sender: owner-qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU Precedence: bulk From: adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com (Chuck Adams) To: "Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion" Subject: Re: 'F' on 40m (FD Sun AM)? X-To: chunt@macromedia.com X-Cc: qrp-l@Lehigh.EDU X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN Status: RO Christian, We can always tell when someone new arrives on the scene. :-) You are hearing the 'famous' beacons from the old USSR. Thanks for the report and it does show that 40M is still long even during the summer months during the early morning hours. Here is the list again. Does seem late/early in the year to be hearing them. Usually only heard in the USofA during the quiet winter months. Here is a copy of the list for the entire list to think about: -----------------------cut here----------------------------- 40M Beacons heard around 7.039MHz No data known on power levels are antenna patterns at this time. (K5FO: my guess would be QRP levels due to the low strength of signals even when heard) C - Moscow, European Russia 37.58E 55.75N (in decimal degrees) D - Odessa, Ukraine 30.70E 46.48N F - Vladivostok, Asiatic Russia 131.85E 43.14N K - Khabarovsk, Asiatic Russia 135.10E 48.50N L - St Petersburg, Eur. Russia 30.33E 59.92N M - Magadan, Asiatic Russia 150.83E 59.63N O - Moscow, European Russia 37.58E 55.75N P - Kaliningrad, Eur. Russia 20.50E 54.72N S - Archangel, Eur. Russia 41.00E 64.66N U - Murmansk, Eur. Russia 33.08E 68.97N X - Prague, Czech Republic 14.43E 50.08N yu - Kholmsk, Asiatic Russia 142.08E 47.66N **** yu is dididahdah **** Here are some distances in miles from the beacons to the city indicated and number in parenthesis is beam heading in degrees: Beacon Seattle,WA San Fran.,CA Phoenix,AZ Dallas,TX C 5,198 (11) 5,864 (11) 6,015 (16) 5,752 (23) D 5,731 (18) 6,377 (18) 6,443 (24) 6,055 (33) F 4,711 (310) 5,163 (313) 5,781 (318) 6,353 (326) K 4,341 (313) 4,818 (316) 5,424 (321) 5,969 (328) L 4,846 (14) 5,507 (13) 5,636 (18) 5,360 (24) M 3,383 (318) 3,904 (322) 4,484 (326) 4,986 (330) P 5,039 (21) 5,675 (20) 5,723 (25) 5,339 (31) S 4,625 (7) 5,298 (7) 5,499 (11) 5,325 (17) U 4,281 (9) 4,952 (9) 5,138 (12) 4,959 (16) X 5,209 (27) 5,819 (26) 5,801 (31) 5,337 (37) u 4,135 (309) 4,578 (312) 5,198 (317) 5,788 (324) Beacon Denver,CO Chicago,IL Buffalo,NY Atlanta,GA Anchorage,AK O 5,479 (20) 4,969 (28) 4,677 (32) 5,371 (29) 4,342 (355) D 5,879 (28) 5,254 (38) 4,907 (43) 5,578 (39) 4,992 (359) F 5,697 (321) 6,068 (332) 6,191 (338) 6,648 (334) 3,305 (285) K 5,317 (323) 5,669 (332) 5,789 (338) 6,250 (335) 2,924 (288) L 5,095 (21) 4,577 (28) 4,287 (32) 4,982 (28) 4,064 (270) M 4,339 (326) 4,677 (332) 4,809 (335) 5,257 (334) 1,953 (293) O 5,479 (20) 4,969 (28) 4,677 (32) 5,371 (29) 4,342 (355) P 5,157 (29) 4,540 (37) 4,204 (40) 4,883 (36) 4,406 (6) S 4,988 (14) 4,569 (21) 4,328 (24) 5,025 (21) 3,718 (354) U 4,623 (15) 4,206 (20) 3,972 (23) 4,668 (20) 3,438 (358) X 5,223 (35) 4,536 (43) 4,166 (47) 4,824 (42) 4,694 (10) u 5,129 (319) 5,543 (328) 5,697 (333) 6,115 (330) 2,742 (282) We have been getting more reports from AK than anywhere else in the USofA and some people in Central Europe have reported hearing some of the beacons all during daylight hours, which makes sense. Hope this information is of use to the QRP community. Any errors are the result of this authors typing skills and will be corrected and posted as needed. FYI Chuck Adams K5FO CP-60 adams@sgi.com http://reality.sgi.com/adams/ WIMPS: Qs=043 30m=32 17m=5 12m=0 States=23/05/00 DX=03/00/00 QSLs=015