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NCDXF/IARU Beacon Transmission Schedule

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Important New Automated Beacon Monitoring Program

The beacons transmit every three minutes, day and night. This table gives the minute and second of the start of the first transmission within the hour for each beacon on each frequency. A transmission consists of the callsign of the beacon sent at 22 words per minute followed by four one-second dashes. The callsign and the first dash are sent at 100 watts. The remaining dashes are sent at 10 watts, 1 watt and 0.1 watts.

The actual starting time of each transmission is approximately twenty milliseconds after the nominal time due to the keying delay of the transmitter. Equipment used at each beacon site includes a Kenwood TS-50S transmitter, a Cushcraft R-5 vertical antenna, a Trimble Navigation Acutime™ GPS receiver and a controller built by the NCDXF. For more information, see The NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Network by John G. Troster and Robert S. Fabry, QST, October 1994 pp. 31-33 and November 1994 pp. 49-51, The NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Project by John G. Troster and Robert S. Fabry, QST, September 1997 pp. 47-48, or contact the Northern California DX Foundation, companyaddress .

Latest Beacon News

 

Call

 

Location

14.100

18.110

21.150

24.930

28.200

Operator

Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4U1UN

United Nations

00:00

00:10

00:20

00:30

00:40

UNRC

OK

VE8AT

Canada

00:10

00:20

00:30

00:40

00:50

RAC/NARC

OK1

W6WX

United States

00:20

00:30

00:40

00:50

01:00

NCDXF

OK

KH6WO

Hawaii

00:30

00:40

00:50

01:00

01:10

KH6BYU

OK3

ZL6B

New Zealand

00:40

00:50

01:00

01:10

01:20

NZART

OK

VK6RBP

Australia

00:50

01:00

01:10

01:20

01:30

WIA

OK

JA2IGY

Japan

01:00

01:10

01:20

01:30

01:40

JARL

OK

RR9O

Russia

01:10

01:20

01:30

01:40

01:50

SRR

OK

VR2B

Hong Kong

01:20

01:30

01:40

01:50

02:00

HARTS

OK5

4S7B

 

Sri Lanka

01:30

01:40

01:50

02:00

02:10

RSSL

OK

ZS6DN

South Africa

01:40

01:50

02:00

02:10

02:20

ZS6DN

OK

5Z4B

Kenya

01:50

02:00

02:10

02:20

02:30

ARSK

OK1

4X6TU

Israel

02:00

02:10

02:20

02:30

02:40

IARC

OFF7

OH2B

Finland

02:10

02:20

02:30

02:40

02:50

SRAL

OK

CS3B

Madeira

02:20

02:30

02:40

02:50

00:00

ARRM

OK

LU4AA

Argentina

02:30

02:40

02:50

00:00

00:10

RCA

OFF2

OA4B

Peru

02:40

02:50

00:00

00:10

00:20

RCP

OK4

YV5B

Venezuela

02:50

00:00

00:10

00:20

00:30

RCV

OK

 

 

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