Re: [IRCA] B-P-B-P Mystery station on 680 KHz

[Don Moman VE6JY <ve6jy.1@xxxxxxxxx>]

 680  680.000     RUS NDB (beacon) BP (Chelobityevo)





On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Just received a fascinating recording from famed DX'er Hannu Tikkanen, who
> records from the top of the world in Lapland using a Perseus SDR and a
> 3,000 foot beverage. He records in this nearly noise-free cabin location
> for a week, once per year. Then spends the rest of the year combing through
> those looking for rare catches.
>
> Today he sent me a recording of KKGR 680 in Helena, MT with three crystal
> clear ID's. In the background you could also easily hear KBRW in Barrow,
> AK. But clearest of all is a Morse Code identification at about five words
> per minute. It sends out B-P-B-P in a four letter group.
>
> Hannu had no real ideal who the station might be. He suspected an Asian
> station due to the time of day for the recording. At first I thought it was
> possibly a beacon of some sort, perhaps related to British Petroleum, but
> it's clearly a four letter group, not a two letter group repeating. Is 680
> KHz allocated for radio location or beacon service anywhere in the world?
>
>
> Any help in solving the mystery would be appreciated.
>
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