Topband: Fishing beacons redux

[GeorgeWallner]

G'Day Topbanders,

These beacons are not frequency agile. As Mike points out, 
they are on a schedule. The entire environment they are 
used in is pretty primitive. They certainly do not know 
morse code, the beacons are pre-programmed and the 
fishermen just turn them on or off (and recharge the 
batteries).

During my July survey trip to PY0S (for the PT0S 
DXpedition) I was on a small long-line fishing boat and I 
looked at both the beacons and the receivers. I will post 
some pictures on the PT0S.com website later. For now, you 
can see an example of a direction finding receiver at
http://www.taiyomusen.co.jp/pdf/TD-L2200.pdf

73,

George

On Mon, 1 Oct 2012 19:45:54 -0500
  Mike Waters <mikewate at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Merv Schweigert 
><k9fd at flex.com> wrote:
> 
>> They do not change freq out here in KH6,   if they did 
>>how in the world
>> would the boat know where to look for the beacon and DF 
>>it to find the
>> net??
>>
> 
> I don't remember how they work. There was quite a 
>discussion about this
> hear about 3 years ago. I forget the details.
> 
> 73, Mike
> www.w0btu.com
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