>These are beacon transmitters attached to buoys on
>drift nets or longlines to aid fishermen in locating them.
This is one of the reasons why I don't dare to run high power from my beach
shack http://home6.swipnet.se/~w-68234/du7cc.htm They might take me
for a buoy ( I'm only a boy ) and come and take me away...
Already twice, local fishermen were caught in the mess of guy wires that
makes my "Wet Spaghetti's" somewhat straight.
I remember Pres, N6SS (VQ9SS) did some investigation and work on these
beacons some 4-5 years ago. But have all this info on a hard disk that will
not talk to either me or my computers any more...
BTW: Why did I never see Pres, N6SS, on the TopBand reflector?
73 ...tom DU7CC / SM6CNS ( ex -SM0CNS/DU7 & SM0CNS/4E7 )
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