These fish beacons are sometimes very strong and normally out in the Gulf of Mexico. I just wish I could replicate the QRP transmitter and antenna....or is it just the saltwater ground?
Herb On 6/11/2012 6:01 PM, Sam Harner wrote: > > These kind of beacons are common for use at the starting end of long lines > set by commercial fisherman so they can locate and retrieve the long lines > sometimes as long as 50 miles commonly set for sword fish and tuna he off > the east coast and surely everywhere else FYI also one that is commonly > hear on 1850 ssb is one that ID's "AD3" Sam > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: topband-boun...@contesting.com > [mailto:topband-boun...@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Milt -- N5IA > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 4:50 PM > To: Mike Waters; gali...@comcast.net; topband > Subject: Re: Topband: Strange CW Coded Messages > > > For those that are interested in what one of these units looks like you can > go to https://bmoran.onehub.com/fishing-beacon-pictures/pages/files > > There is a group of my photos, taken on Ducie Atoll, of the fishing beacon > which Robin, WA6CDR and I found while installing the Beverage antennas at > VP6DX. > > de Milt, N5IA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Waters > Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 1:02 PM > To: gali...@comcast.net ; topband > Subject: Re: Topband: Strange CW Coded Messages > > Those blasted illegal fishnet buoy transmitters are in use all over the > world. I haven't spent much time on 160 in over a year, and I almost forgot > about them till you mentioned them. I could usually only hear them on a > Beverage. > > I thought someone once mentioned on the Topband list that if you call CQ or > hold a QSO on top of one, they will move frequency, sometimes completely > outside 160m. If my memory serves me, the frequency can be remotely > controlled by the fishermen who use them. > > One ham (somewhere) was compiling a list of fishnet beacon callsigns and > their locations. > > On another subject, you may be able to hear RI1ANF (South Shetland Islands) > after dark. I've heard him to the SSE the past two nights on 1826.5 through > the lightning QRN. K3JJG in PA was copying him better than I was. > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:14 PM, joe<gali...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> I could hear them fine on the L so they probably weren't too far away. >> > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2012.0.2180 / Virus Database: 2433/5062 - Release Date: 06/11/12 > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK