From the ARRL website: Help Scientists Study the Shrikes (Oct 13, 2008) -- For the second year, scientists are asking ham radio operators and VHF monitoring enthusiasts to assist in scientific studies of the Eastern Loggerhead Shrikes. If you live in an eastern state and can tune in for a few minutes a day, you could help scientists study this endangered bird species. Every year, these birds leave their captive breeding program in Ontario, Canada, but fewer and fewer are returning in the spring. Researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario have placed radio tags on 20 young shrikes. Although the primary purpose of the tags is to determine dispersal patterns -- the movements the birds make immediately after leaving their nests -- scientists also hope that more may be learned about the birds' fall migration journey. Scientists think the birds will fly south to Florida, but they might also overwinter in Tennessee, North Carolina and states just south of there. You can help by tuning in regularly to the tag frequencies, which are between 172-173 MHz. The complete frequency list is published at the link below, along with articles to help you distinguish the pulsed tags from other signals you may hear. Please listen now, as migration is under way; the radio tag batteries will only function for another six weeks. -- Joe Moell, K0OV, ARRL ARDF Coordinator
http://www.arrl.org/?artid=8526 The frequency list is here: http://www.homingin.com/joemoell/owl.html 73, Curt W4CP Curt Phillips, CEM CMVP W4CP ex-KD4YU; WB4LHI ARRL Life; QCWA; SKCC; NASWA; OOTC Tar Heel Scanner/SWL Group Scanner/SWL Net- Mondays, 9PM, 146.64 repeater Raleigh, NC USA www.w4cp.com w4cp<at>arrl.net --
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