Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

It's amazing how much information you can find once you know what you are looking for.  Until then, not so much.  I tried searching for "beacons", etc, with no luck. Hence the question. N7WS On 12/16/2017 4:30 PM, Mike Waters wrote: Lots of information is in the searchable archives of this

Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

https://160mband.blogspot.cz/search/label/Beacons?updated-max=2015-07-29T01:49:00-07:00=20=2=false 73 - Petr, OK1RP On Sat, Dec 16, 2017, at 10:23 PM, Lew Sayre wrote: > Yo, > or they could be signals from outer space.Ya just never > know...> 73 and I remain, > Lew w7ew > > On

Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

Lots of information is in the searchable archives of this reflector at lists.contesting.com/archives//html/Topband/. A search for "drift net", "fishnet", and "fish net" will return everything that you wanted to know about these beacons, but were afraid to ask. ;-) There are one or two ham

Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

Yo, or they could be signals from outer space.Ya just never know... 73 and I remain, Lew w7ew On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: > Thanks for all of the replies. Seems I'd heard these mentioned someplace > but didn't put two and two

Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

Thanks for all of the replies.  Seems I'd heard these mentioned someplace but didn't put two and two together. On 12/16/2017 1:19 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: From time to time I'm hearing some non-ham stations transmitting on 1823 and 1829 KHz.  These signals typically pop up as steady carriers

Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

Fish net beacons out here in the Pacific, They are on every day,  sometimes every even KC across the whole band.  many are over S9 depending on location Have heard them as far as from EU and USSR lakes and oceans. nothing new, been there forever. \Merv K9FD/KH6 From time to time I'm hearing

Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

Drift net beacons. 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 12/16/2017 3:19 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: From time to time I'm hearing some non-ham stations transmitting on 1823 and 1829 KHz.  These signals typically pop up as steady carriers then identify in Morse and disappear.  I've heard IDs of 4OMD, 4NAF

Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

Yo, Fishing buoys. 73 and I remain, Leww7ew On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: > From time to time I'm hearing some non-ham stations transmitting on 1823 > and 1829 KHz. These signals typically pop up as steady carriers then > identify in

Re: Topband: Anyone else hear these?

Fishing beacons? Les W2LK On 12/16/2017 3:19 PM, Wes Stewart wrote: From time to time I'm hearing some non-ham stations transmitting on 1823 and 1829 KHz.  These signals typically pop up as steady carriers then identify in Morse and disappear.  I've heard IDs of 4OMD, 4NAF and 4NAG.

Topband: Anyone else hear these?

From time to time I'm hearing some non-ham stations transmitting on 1823 and 1829 KHz.  These signals typically pop up as steady carriers then identify in Morse and disappear.  I've heard IDs of 4OMD, 4NAF and 4NAG. Ideas? Wes  N7WS _ Topband Reflector Archives -

Re: Topband: suggestions on receive antenna to EU

Hi Larry, A 500 foot Beverage will provide excellent results. Ground rods are only one solution. Excellent alternatives are chicken wire laid on the ground or multiple radials laid on the ground or buried. 73 Frank W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Larry"

Topband: suggestions on receive antenna to EU

Forwarded Message Subject:suggestions on receive antenna to EU Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 13:48:51 + From: Larry To: topband@contesting.com Gents and ladies: I have a very good 700'+ beverage installed to the South, and have tried