Re: [IRCA] 1650 Mystery Beacon "SAC"

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

I found something from 2002

probably useless now

http://www.hard-core-dx.com/archive/2002/msg00646.html

Cuba and Chile both show navaids on the website, but none iding as SAC



On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 8:26 PM, James Renfrew <jim.renfrew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> SAC, what would this abbreviate?
>
> SAntiago, Cuba?
>
> Jim Renfrew
>
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Iâve been searching for answers too.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, no one should be authorized to operate an NDB on
> > that frequencyâeven an off-shore rig. Updates from anyone else? It
> > continues to come in well here in Central Alabama on a nightly basis. I
> > check it when Iâm walking the dogs.
> >
> >
> > Les Rayburn, director
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> > > On Nov 2, 2016, at 5:00 PM, Mark Pettifor <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Any further updates on this?
> > >
> > > It just faded in here (EN71) at 2145z on my South antenna. Came up
> > pretty quickly. 2140z there was nothing. Sunset terminator crossing from
> > Maine/Nova Scotia down across the Eastern Atlantic into the middle of
> > northern South America. (Geez, that sounded confusing...)  Gulf of Mexico
> > still pretty far away from sunset yet.
> > >
> > > I wonder if it's mobile? (Marine comms of some kind...)
> > >
> > > Mark in IN
> > >
> > > On 2016-10-29 8:00 pm, Rick Dau wrote:
> > >> Les, I'm on the NDB listserver, as well.  I saw your note that your
> > >> had contacted Southern Avionics, but that they had said that it was
> > >> not they with the mystery NDB on 1650.  With Craig in Oviedo, Florida
> > >> stating that he was getting it strongest on a SW bearing from his QTH,
> > >> I'm wondering if this is emanating from some offshore drilling
> > >> platform in the Gulf?
> > >> 73,
> > >> Rick Dau
> > >> South Omaha, Nebraska EN21af
> > >> Sony ICF-2010
> > >> + Grundig AN-200 (for MW)
> > >> and Quantum Q-Stick and Ratzlaff loop (for NDBs on LW)
> > >> ________________________________
> > >> From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Steve
> Ratzlaff
> > >> <ratzlaffsteve@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2016 1:22 PM
> > >> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America
> > >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] 1650 Mystery Beacon "SAC"
> > >> Yes, I passed the SAC reception info on to ndblist yesterday. One guy
> in
> > >> FL heard SAC; and one guy in France heard it and even included an
> audio
> > >> clip. It seems to have 400 Hz sidebands. No one on ndblist has any
> > >> additional info. It's a brand new signal at least for ndblist.
> > >> Steve AA7U
> > >> near Sahuarita, AZ
> > >> On 10/29/2016 10:28 AM, Les Rayburn wrote:
> > >>> I'm wondering if anyone on this list is also a member of the NDB
> > E-Mail List on Yahoo Groups? I used to subscribe, but had to cancel to
> cut
> > down on the amount of e-mail I'm receiving.
> > >>> Someone in that group might have more information on this mysterious
> > signal.
> > >>> It was audible last night from just before sunset, until just before
> > sunrise this morning here in Central Alabama. Peak was right at sunset,
> > where at times, this signal was the loudest one on the channel.
> > >>> 73,
> > >>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
> > >>> 121 Mayfair Park
> > >>> Maylene, AL
> > >>> EM63nf
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