Thursday, 6 May 2010

CW heard on 6m

Well thats what I thought, until I realised it was the same call over and over again, and as I was tuned in at 50040, this is where the beacons transmit.

This is a time when I wish I knew my Morse, the speed of the code being sent was too quick to jot down, so I pressed DM780, part of ham radio Deluxe into action, and after a few attempts, it decoded...

G B 3 M C..

Google is most certainly your friend and soon I was looking at Location of GB3MBC (IO70OJ)

The distance from my QTH is 55 miles.

It turns out that this callsign is used for a number of beacons in the Cornwall area, including 4m,2m,70cm,23cm and 3cm.


I cant say I have ever heard this beacon before.

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