Watch my previous videos - 11 Meter band (ruclips.net/video/MIAJAR_ywGM/видео.html), 35 Meter band (ruclips.net/video/IjfCHsq5d7M/видео.html) and 170 Meter band (ruclips.net/video/EYbq_fPxHB4/видео.html)
Riveting video, and I learned a lot of things too. Thanks a lot. Now I will recognize ALE when I hear it. And so many great catches in your video. Congratulations. E11, nicknamed "Oblique" due to the voice using this to call a separator is a relatively easy catch. I caught it on my Tecsun PL-300 when outdoors with just a 10m long wire. HF ground-to-air comms are one of my favourites to catch.
@@shortwavelistener COTHEN is the acronym for Customs Over The Horizon Enforcement Network. In addition to USCG, you'll hear USAF, USN, Customs, DEA, etc, and ships and aircraft used for drug interdiction.
@@W8RIT1 Same here! It really surprised me! Seems like the Blackcatsystems mini beacon board is pretty easy to setup. Main concern is the antenna and field strength.
@@W8RIT1 I'm not sure W1TAG's beacon power calculations are correct for real world use case with a dipole or monopole. He uses theoretical free space for the dipole and monopole over a perfect conducting sheet - which is fine. But, a dipole over real ground has much more gain broadside than a monopole yet he has the dipole power at 2x the monopole (which is correct theoretically in perfect conditions but not with real ground added). See: www.w1tag.com/Hifer2.pdf (not that the FCC is going to care that much at or around 15,848 microvolts/meter or 2-4 milliwatts of power)
Whoever that was sending that CW signal has a really bad fist. It sounded like he (or she) was on a straight key, and trying to go fast, and failing really badly at it. What I could decode were a bunch of numbers. Maybe a numbers station? Also, I did not know about the 22 meter beacons. Thanks for the info!
Love your intro music with the video ❤ What's the music, please? So smooth, like a Meditation video. Your presentation is a perfect introduction to the hobby! Cheerz from a long time SWL!
Personally I have a number of receivers both portable and SDRs. My main antenna is a 66ft EFHW in an inverted U configuration about 20 ft off the ground going up to about 40 ft and back down.
Great question! It's just more of an exercise in the hobby of radio in general. Many do it just to see how far their signal will propagate with only microwatts of transmitting power. Those who receive the signal will also send reports back to the owner for a reception report / qsl card.
It's also useful for signal propagation reporting - if you can hear the signals, say, in Europe from the US, then the propagation conditions are most likely very good!
Watch my previous videos - 11 Meter band (ruclips.net/video/MIAJAR_ywGM/видео.html), 35 Meter band (ruclips.net/video/IjfCHsq5d7M/видео.html) and 170 Meter band (ruclips.net/video/EYbq_fPxHB4/видео.html)
Riveting video, and I learned a lot of things too. Thanks a lot. Now I will recognize ALE when I hear it.
And so many great catches in your video. Congratulations.
E11, nicknamed "Oblique" due to the voice using this to call a separator is a relatively easy catch. I caught it on my Tecsun PL-300 when outdoors with just a 10m long wire.
HF ground-to-air comms are one of my favourites to catch.
Thanks! Yeah - I tried to get other numbers stations but just couldn't catch them. E11 is definitely the easiest one.
Some great software, great video.
Thanks!
Very informative video. Got yourself a new subscriber.
Thanks!
You got a new subscriber ❤
Thank you!
3:30 min, ist ein polnischer Geheimdienst, schöner Beitrag 👍
Thank you!!
cheers for video happy Xmas 73 UK
122222 : USCG aircraft checking in for flight following with COMCOM, Chesapeake, VA. Part of the COTHEN ALE network.
Awesome! Thank you!
@@shortwavelistener COTHEN is the acronym for Customs Over The Horizon Enforcement Network. In addition to USCG, you'll hear USAF, USN, Customs, DEA, etc, and ships and aircraft used for drug interdiction.
@@W8RIT1 That's really interesting! So, it seems they use the same frequency for ALE digital as well as voice?? (12222)
Great video! Didn't know about the mini beacons
@@garypaulson5202 I didn’t either until I researched this band! Very interesting you don’t need a license and it falls under Part 15 of the FCC.
@@shortwavelistener I'm going to have to investigate this farther....I've never heard of this before. Interesting.
@@W8RIT1 Same here! It really surprised me! Seems like the Blackcatsystems mini beacon board is pretty easy to setup. Main concern is the antenna and field strength.
@@W8RIT1 I'm not sure W1TAG's beacon power calculations are correct for real world use case with a dipole or monopole. He uses theoretical free space for the dipole and monopole over a perfect conducting sheet - which is fine. But, a dipole over real ground has much more gain broadside than a monopole yet he has the dipole power at 2x the monopole (which is correct theoretically in perfect conditions but not with real ground added). See: www.w1tag.com/Hifer2.pdf
(not that the FCC is going to care that much at or around 15,848 microvolts/meter or 2-4 milliwatts of power)
Thank you for all the info. Will help me in locating signals in that range of frequencies Ken from gpt ms
@@kennethmcclure29 Thanks!!!
Whoever that was sending that CW signal has a really bad fist. It sounded like he (or she) was on a straight key, and trying to go fast, and failing really badly at it. What I could decode were a bunch of numbers. Maybe a numbers station? Also, I did not know about the 22 meter beacons. Thanks for the info!
That is weird, isn't it?? I wonder....I suppose a numbers station - but why the terrible fist on cw?
Love your intro music with the video ❤ What's the music, please?
So smooth, like a Meditation video.
Your presentation is a perfect introduction to the hobby!
Cheerz from a long time SWL!
Thanks! It's just one of those royalty free stock music clips - I had a bunch of them - can't remember where I found them.
What song is at the end ?
That is just some royalty free stock audio music I got some years back. I can't remember where I got it.
I just found your channel do you cover the 48 meter band the euro pirate band ?
I haven't done the 48 meter band yet. It's on the list. Only the 170, 35, 23, 22 and 11 meter bands have been covered so far.
@@shortwavelistener thanks for replying
What receiver and antennas do you use?
Personally I have a number of receivers both portable and SDRs. My main antenna is a 66ft EFHW in an inverted U configuration about 20 ft off the ground going up to about 40 ft and back down.
What is that you use online here? Or what sdr element is that on your screen?🤔😊
That is one of the websdr's from the KiwiSDR public online network - you can use them here -> rx.linkfanel.net/
Why would a person want a beacon?
Great question! It's just more of an exercise in the hobby of radio in general. Many do it just to see how far their signal will propagate with only microwatts of transmitting power. Those who receive the signal will also send reports back to the owner for a reception report / qsl card.
It's also useful for signal propagation reporting - if you can hear the signals, say, in Europe from the US, then the propagation conditions are most likely very good!
Beacons are used as propagation tools.