Topband: Receiving beacon on 1836.36 kHz

[Pete Smith]

At 03:22 PM 2/19/2009, on4ww wrote:
>Hi
>
>Almost 3 years ago Eric K3NA tried an experiment using a reverse beacon to
>check propagation.
>
>I found it fascinating and fun to use Eric's Skype beacon.
>
>I want to return a favor to Eric's pilot project on the Skype 160m beacon. I
>think nobody as yet in Europe has actived such a beacon, enabling stations
>across the big pond to listen to their own signal. The experiment starts
>tonight, for about 10 days.
>
>If you want to join in the fun, all details can be found at:
>http://www.on4ww.be/on4ww160mbeacon.html
>
>No moaning and groaning please, we went through this discussion before as
>you can read on the above URL. The idea is to have FUN.
>
>In case of a technical problem, complaints, flowers, pse address your
>e-mail/comments directly at: on4ww at on4ww.be
>
>73 - Mark - on4ww.


In the same spirit, since I will not be operating after dark in the 
upcoming ARRL contest, I will put my SDR-IQ/CW Skimmer combination on 160 
meters all night (US East Coast, GMT+5), reporting what it hears across the 
entire band to skimmer.dxwatch.com, the Reverse Beacon Network site.  You 
can set the filters so that the site will only display, for example, Zone 5 
160M spots for stations in zone 14, or G spots for Ks.  Each spot includes 
signal-to-noise ratio, which isn't absolute, but at least will let you 
compare your signal with others from your area hitting the "reverse beacon" 
at about the same time.

73, Pete N4ZR