[OZAPRS] HF Beacons Heard.

[Ron Perry]

Hi Noel,
Thanks for the post.

On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 18:59, Noel Rowe wrote:
> The following is pasted from three e-mails sent to the zlaprs group as
the matter unfolded.
> 
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> 
> Over the weekend I sat on 30 metres for most of the time.  I was getting
a regular signal (or maybe two as there was some bursts of a noticably
different length) that I could not decode nor identify.  I played around
and decided the signal was about 510 Hz above where I was tuned,  which is
for tone frequencies of 10.149.200 and 10.149.400 - ie I am set at
10.147.600 USB and using a 1600/1800 tone TNC.
> 
> I have concluded that the signals were transmitted by somebody either
(1) using LSB with the dial set for PK232 or AGW tones, (10.151.510 or
10.151.500) but actually using a 1600/1800 TNC - or a TinyTrak 3, or (2)
using USB with the dial set for a 1600/1800 TNC (10.147.600) but actually
using a PK232 or AGW.
> 
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> 
> Further to my last posting here, I have identified the off frequency 30m
station (well one of them) as VK3WRM.  It appears as if it is a compressed
beacon, sent by UI-View. 
> 
> I decoded the beacon twice, at UTC 05:53 and at 07:12, by feeding the HF
rig (set for USB and to 10.147.600, the standard frequency for a 1600/1800
tone TNC, and unchanged from successfully decoding other beacons) into my
TNC, but at the same time feeding some audio to the sound card, and using
AGW to decode. 
> 
> I have now set my UI-View to look at the port used, so if I can catch
the beacon again I will be able to see if it plots.
> 
I think it was decided that we all tune to VK3MY-3.
Regarding off frequency, this maybe true, as I only tune to resolve
VK3MY-3.I think it was decided that we all tune to VK3MY-3. This I hoped
would put me on frequency. Perhaps the radio IC-735 needs RX and TX to
be recalibrated(?). I'll look into this.

Is there anyone that can check VK3MY-3 please?

I'm using a Kam+.with UI-View and running compressed beacons. 
The antenna is a 1/4wave vertical, using the roof of the house as a
ground plane.

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> 
> VK3WRM has decoded (at UTC 08:12, his third successful HF beacon here,
see my prevoius two postings) and has plotted via UI-View as being (on a
small scale map of Oz) in the Adelaide region.  His pos is 34.10.81S and
142.09.21E, and a comment of "HF and VHF Igate".
> 
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Cool. I heard VK3MY-3 (it probably is the station that has the longer
beacon) almost all weekend, often 15 times an hours. It seems shorter
skip is getting better too.

Regards,
Ron
vk3ecv/vk3wrm
> 
> Regards, Noel, ZL3GR.
>   
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