25 watt beacon BP on 680 is located just north of Moscow. It is one of several beacons on what we call the broadcast band that remain on the air from Russia and the former Soviet republics. When I was in Kandahar, several from Uzbekistan could be heard in the evening all year. A few from Europe make it here to Ireland as they are not assigned on the regular 9 KHz channel spacing. Many, like BP run two ID's close together, followed by a tone or more often, silence. I can't say for sure, but my guess would be this beacon. Brock Holycross, Bruff Ireland
-----Original Message----- From: Les Rayburn <[email protected]> To: amdx <[email protected]>; am <[email protected]>; irca <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 5:53 pm Subject: [NRC-AM] B-P-B-P Mystery station on 680 KHz Just received a fascinating recording from famed DX'er Hannu Tikkanen, who records from the top of the world in Lapland using a Perseus SDR and a 3,000 foot beverage. He records in this nearly noise-free cabin location for a week, once per year. Then spends the rest of the year combing through those looking for rare catches. Today he sent me a recording of KKGR 680 in Helena, MT with three crystal clear ID's. In the background you could also easily hear KBRW in Barrow, AK. But clearest of all is a Morse Code identification at about five words per minute. It sends out B-P-B-P in a four letter group. Hannu had no real ideal who the station might be. He suspected an Asian station due to the time of day for the recording. At first I thought it was possibly a beacon of some sort, perhaps related to British Petroleum, but it's clearly a four letter group, not a two letter group repeating. Is 680 KHz allocated for radio location or beacon service anywhere in the world? Any help in solving the mystery would be appreciated. -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light _______________________________________________ The NRC AM mailing list Questions? [email protected] Antenna Pattern Book Now Shipping AM Radio Log is now shipping! FM Atlas 21st Edition Close Out Prices! Details at http://www.nrcdxas.org _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
