Interesting discovery! I find it interesting that the original 22 repeating "down-chirps" (as seen in FirstToken's video as well as your previous video) have been changed to "up-chirps". It is also keeping its same pattern of using a slightly longer chirp after the CW and 21 slightly shorter chirps thereafter until the cycle is repeated.
The Desert Whooper is still running and sending out telemetry. Just a little while ago it sent Battery 13.8 volts Outside Temp 93 Inside Temp 97 Solar Panel current 1.598 amps
I wonder if the amount of "whoops" in between the cw is a temperature reading. I count 21 on one of them which could be 21'C which would make sense if it was a day temp in the desert in winter. It would be interesting if the count changes based on the temp. If i was to build a beacon I would at least make it somewhat useful like that.
The Desert Whooper (DW) beacon jumped up in signal strength on Feb 21 and is being heard across the United States from Hawaii to Maryland and up into Canada too
ON 4102.86 kHz cw back in May 2019 I caught a CW beacon "TMP56 B126 W" 13wpm, irregular varied keying, as well as occasional dits and long tones; RXed on Mojave Desert KiwiSDR, wonder if related?
Nice! I wish to catch a beacon like that but they're not as common here I suppose. At least the Russian channel markers and such can be received here easily.
Believe it or not, most of them do it just for the fun of it. There is the challenge of building the beacon itself and then the trek to a remote location to set it up. A lot of people really enjoy that type of thing.
@@CurtRowlettim really new to this type of stuff. How do they go about getting a beacon/making one, and how do they make it make noise? Just a really confusing yet interesting thing to me
Interesting discovery! I find it interesting that the original 22 repeating "down-chirps" (as seen in FirstToken's video as well as your previous video) have been changed to "up-chirps". It is also keeping its same pattern of using a slightly longer chirp after the CW and 21 slightly shorter chirps thereafter until the cycle is repeated.
The Desert Whooper is still running and sending out telemetry. Just a little while ago it sent
Battery 13.8 volts Outside Temp 93 Inside Temp 97 Solar Panel current 1.598 amps
Thanks for posting this. Very cool. Heard it recently, not as strong, though.
I wonder if the amount of "whoops" in between the cw is a temperature reading. I count 21 on one of them which could be 21'C which would make sense if it was a day temp in the desert in winter. It would be interesting if the count changes based on the temp. If i was to build a beacon I would at least make it somewhat useful like that.
DW... daily weather? interesting stuff
It now broadcasts the battery voltage, outside temp, inside temp and current from the solar panel (PV) about every 5 minutes
The Desert Whooper (DW) beacon jumped up in signal strength on Feb 21 and is being heard across the United States from Hawaii to Maryland and up into Canada too
It sounds cool
ON 4102.86 kHz cw back in May 2019 I caught a CW beacon "TMP56 B126 W" 13wpm, irregular varied keying, as well as occasional dits and long tones; RXed on Mojave Desert KiwiSDR, wonder if related?
That is the desert beacon called Windy (W) and the irregular dits are from a wind speed anemometer. Not related to the DW beacon
@@darkfleas8347 Windy now RIP
Sounds creepy.
Nice! I wish to catch a beacon like that but they're not as common here I suppose. At least the Russian channel markers and such can be received here easily.
A frequency holder I suspect.
interesting
Fill me in some more. Why would a pirate transmit a beacon?
Believe it or not, most of them do it just for the fun of it. There is the challenge of building the beacon itself and then the trek to a remote location to set it up. A lot of people really enjoy that type of thing.
@@CurtRowlettim really new to this type of stuff. How do they go about getting a beacon/making one, and how do they make it make noise? Just a really confusing yet interesting thing to me