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Jack Regan

OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%

Does anyone know what/who this is? It is making a mess of the QRP calling
frequency..

Jack, AE6GC

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Ron D'Eau Claire-2

RE: OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%

They're quite audible in N.W. Oregon this A.M. too.

These "letter stations" turn up from time to time all over the spectrum.
I've yet to hear a plausible explanation.

Ron AC7AC

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Subject: [Elecraft] OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%

Does anyone know what/who this is? It is making a mess of the QRP calling
frequency..

Jack, AE6GC

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Jason Milldrum

Re: OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%

Here is some info on these beacons:

http://dxworld.com/markers.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_beacon
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/07/05/102/?nc=1

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k6dgw

Re: OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%

In reply to this post by Ron D'Eau Claire-2

They're Russian military stations. I don't know what they are used for,
but they show up at various places at various times.

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> They're quite audible in N.W. Oregon this A.M. too.
>
> These "letter stations" turn up from time to time all over the spectrum.
> I've yet to hear a plausible explanation.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%
>
>
> Does anyone know what/who this is? It is making a mess of the QRP calling
> frequency..
>
>
>
> Jack, AE6GC
>
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Ron D'Eau Claire-2

RE: OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%

Yes, Bob, W7AVK sent along this link:

http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl032/nsnl32mx.html

That info has never been confirmed as far as I know and they've been around
for half a century according to some reports.

Of course, the simple explanation is probably the right explanation: a
propagation beacon that tells various stations which frequencies to use at a
given time. Station "F" that's now on 7039.24 is supposed to be Vladivostok
which fits with the signal being heard on the west coast of the USA at this
time.

So I'll retract my use of "plausible" and instead say that I've yet to hear
a confirmed explanation.

Jack's right: the ones near the QRP freq on 40 are a darned nuisance.

Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----

They're Russian military stations. I don't know what they are used for,
but they show up at various places at various times.

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA CM98lw

Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> They're quite audible in N.W. Oregon this A.M. too.
>
> These "letter stations" turn up from time to time all over the
> spectrum. I've yet to hear a plausible explanation.
>
> Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%
>
>
> Does anyone know what/who this is? It is making a mess of the QRP
> calling frequency..
>
>
>
> Jack, AE6GC
>

Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy-2

Re: OT: LETTER F ON 7.39 WITH LETTER M NEARBY!@#$%

Ron AC7AC wrote:

That info has never been confirmed as far as I know and they've been around
for half a century according to some reports.

Of course, the simple explanation is probably the right explanation: a
propagation beacon that tells various stations which frequencies to use at a
given time. Station "F" that's now on 7039.24 is supposed to be Vladivostok
which fits with the signal being heard on the west coast of the USA at this
time.

So I'll retract my use of "plausible" and instead say that I've yet to hear
a confirmed explanation.

Jack's right: the ones near the QRP freq on 40 are a darned nuisance.

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I can confirm that in the mid '50s the 'Letter' stations were around, and
when I was in Canada at the time there was one of them sending 'C' at the
bottom end of 20m. Its frequency became a popular spot for QSOs or calling
CQ, but the wretched thing would not move!

I have never heard a 'F' here on 40m even when the UA0s and JAs are coming
through, 'D' and 'S' are close to 7039 at the moment (03:00Z), along with an
ITU beacon which is located in Italy.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD

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