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ARLX009 New HF beacon up
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Special Bulletin 9  ARLX009
From ARRL Headquarters
Newington CT  May 21, 1993
To all radio amateurs

New HF beacon up

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has activated a new
HF beacon transmittter, in Sveio, Norway, as part of a worldwide HF
field strength measurement campaign.  The new beacon was provided by
the Norwegian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority and Norwegian
Telecom, and joins a similar beacon station on the air from
Australia since 1990.

LN2A operates 24 hours a day, 1 kW on CW to a 5-band trap vertical
antenna.

VK4IPS in Brisbane, Australia also operates 24 hours a day, running
1 kW to an omni-directional spiral antenna.

The schedule of frequencies (in kHz) for both is as follows:

Time (min past hr)  VK4IPS    LN2A

00 20 40            5470     14405
04 24 44            7870     20945
08 28 48           10407      5470
12 32 52           14405      7870
16 36 56           20945     10407
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