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Rippedradio
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 3:35 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

just thought i'd ask and see if it was my radio or something around me or if everyone hears it, i have a beacon on 28.005! does anyone else hear it??? what the heck is it??? 73's chris
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Tech808
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 8:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Rippedradio,

Not sure where you are located but tried 28.005 nothing heard here in Central, Il.

Lon
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bruce
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 9:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

here is a list of them

http://listserv.lehigh.edu/lists/tenten-l/beacons.html


As for 28.005
zip here too in tampabay
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Rippedradio
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 1:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

808 and bruce, the beacon is not listed there and i am about 20 miles to the south of st. louis mo. i checked it more today and to me it sounds like it is in lsb mode and i have about an s-5 signal on it! hmmmmmmmm i shut off everything in the house i could and nothing??? i have no clue but it's just like a high pitched hum!! oh well, good thing it's not on 37 or 38 lsb then i would be going crazy!! lol!! 73's chris
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Tech833
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 5:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

A beacon would not be transmitting a hum. 28 MHz. beacons use CW. It would look like someone keying and unkeying their radio quickly.
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Rippedradio
Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 10:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

hmmmmmm then i have a strange high piched hum like someone has a freq generator on or something sounds like it's in lsb mode????
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Tech833
Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 10:12 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Commonly known as 'noise interference'.