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HF Beacon CS3B (Madeira) destroyed in Wildfire

The radio beacon CS3B on the Portuguese island of Madeira was destroyed by fire on 12 October 2023. The picture shows the destroyed radio (ICOM…

NCDXF HF beacon monitoring station DL8LAS
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NCDXF HF beacon monitoring station DL8LAS

Location: JO54EF , Trent, Germany,   54°20′ N   10°36′ E RX: IC-7851 ANT: 7m   vertical  omnidirectional    homemade Example: See Updates and more : https://www.dl8las.com/ncdxf-beacon-monitoring Antenna…

An Old Radio Beacon Compound On The Moors
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An Old Radio Beacon Compound On The Moors

An Old Radio Beacon Compound On The Moors Antenna Antenna beam 2 elements 80m (Monobander) June 16, 2020 No comments Frequency: (3,500 MHz – 3,830…

Yasme Foundation Supporting Grant will Expand Reverse Beacon Network
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Yasme Foundation Supporting Grant will Expand Reverse Beacon Network

The Reverse Beacon Network (RBN) will gain 15 new nodes, thanks to the Yasme Foundation. These new nodes will be added in regions where there…

New 60 MHz Beacon Now on the Air from Ireland
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New 60 MHz Beacon Now on the Air from Ireland

The first — and so far only — beacon on 60 MHz went on the air on December 16. The call sign is EI1KNH. In…

LightSail 2 Launches, Will Transmit CW Beacon
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LightSail 2 Launches, Will Transmit CW Beacon

The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2 CubeSat, launched on June 25, will transmit Morse code from space. LightSail is a citizen-funded project to send a small spacecraft, propelled…

New 2200-Meter Beacon on the Air from Australia
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New 2200-Meter Beacon on the Air from Australia

The Caboolture Radio Club (VK4QD) in Queensland, Australia, is now operating a beacon on 2200 meters on 137.444 kHz using the call sign VK4RBC. Australia’s telecommunications authority…

New IARU Region 2 HF Beacon Coordinator Named

The International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 2 Executive Committee has named Dennis Stice, WI5V, of Oklahoma City, as the new HF Beacon Coordinator for…

Permanent WSPR beacon in Antarctica Now on the Air
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Permanent WSPR beacon in Antarctica Now on the Air

The DP0GVN WSPR now is in operation from the German Neumayer III Research Station of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. The installation is…