Topband: Fishing beacons redux

mstangelo at comcast.net mstangelo at comcast.net
Tue Oct 2 20:22:09 EDT 2012


Has anyone used the Taiyo Beacon Receiver for MF reception. It would make a nice DF recieiver for 160 Meters.

Mike N2MS

----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Mueller <daven2nl at gmail.com>
To: topband at contesting.com
Sent: Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:08:15 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Topband: Fishing beacons redux

In my part of the world, beacons are used extensively to mark 
fisherman's long lines.  I would say that the average fishing boat has 
10 or 12 of these beacons which are deployed along the length of the 
line, which could be tens of miles long.  These lines take quite a while 
to deploy, are left for some time, then recovered by the vessel.  
Finding the line after it's been left to fish is what the beacons are 
used for.  Here in the NW Pacific they are used extensively for tuna 
fishing.  In the Atlantic, they are used in the swordfish industry.

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I found some information online here:

http://www.commercialfishingsupplies.com.au/radio-buoys.php


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