Re: [IRCA] My First Longwave/Beacon Log!

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Congratulations Paul, before too long, you'll be chasing after the ten meter 
beacons, hi.

Joe


On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:33:40 -0400, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote
> Ok, so it isnt really DX, but our station owner let me borrow a 
> radio of his from the office.
> 
> I logged a beacon on 356kHz which repeated "ODX" in morse code voer and
> over. Runs 25 Watts from The Evelyn Sharp Airfield/Ord AIrport which 
> is about 2 miles by air NW of when I originally heard it, sitting at 
> my desk in the KNLV offices. I'd rate it about 6 1/2 out of 10 on 
> the signal scale.
> 
> (1 being bad, 10 being good)
> 
> Powell Way helped me ID the first two letters, O and D as I held my cell
> phone up to the radio. I don't know Morse code myself.


-- 73 de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, MI -- Grid EN82 --
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