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

[brockradio@xxxxxxx]

25 watt beacon BP on 680 is located just north of Moscow. It is one of several beacons on what we call the broadcast band that remain on the air from Russia and the former Soviet republics. When I was in Kandahar, several from Uzbekistan could be heard in the evening all year. A few from Europe make it here to Ireland as they are not assigned on the regular 9 KHz channel spacing. Many, like BP run two ID's close together, followed by a tone or more often, silence. I can't say for sure, but my guess would be this beacon.
Brock
Holycross, Bruff
Ireland


-----Original Message-----
From: Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: amdx <amdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; am <am@xxxxxxxxxxx>; irca <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Fri, Oct 11, 2013 5:53 pm
Subject: [NRC-AM] B-P-B-P Mystery station on 680 KHz


          
    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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        Les Rayburn, N1LF
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