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Taz
Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 3:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

THIS IS FREAKY, BEACON ON CHANNEL 14 AT 1:55AM ARIZONA TIME.

ITS AT 3 1/2 S UNITS AND GOING BEEP BEEP AND SO ON SWINGING BACKWARDS TO 3 S UNITS

ONE HIGH TONE AND ONE LOW TONE.

IT MIGHT BE HAMCBERS, DID ANYONE HEAR IT?
HEY HAMCBER, IS IT YOURS?
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matrix127
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 4:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i have the same problem guy, sometimes it happens. at 7.00 am in the morning i lve in philly and i tried to find the culprit, but it get louder when i get to the water intake plant off the river..ps this is also on ch 14
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Taz
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 8:05 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thats what channel 14 is

channel 14 is 27.125
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bruce
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - 9:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

you need a direction finder i built one and it realy makes fox hunts much easer
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Taz
Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 1:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

you can buy them too, copper used to sell them
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707
Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 1:42 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Wow, Taz, I may have solved your mystery...keep an eye out for local women who suddenly don't have that pesky 5 o'clock shadow....

http://www.howard.co.kr/beauty/queenpin.htm
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707
Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 1:50 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

On a more serious note, it may very well be that someone nearby has a homebrew 22m band (13.56Mhz) beacon, using a ch14 CB crystal.

http://home.att.net/~weatheradio/HFtransmit.htm
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bruce
Posted on Thursday, April 11, 2002 - 7:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

all they are is a tuned loop of coax