The two tone station station is indeed WB0RIO. The message was "DE WB0RIO/B /FSCW DM79IX", where /B stand for beacon and /FSCW for frequency-stepped CW (hence the two tones). DM79IX is the locator of the beacon.
Nice video. Thanks for making it. I'm just getting back into ham radio after an 8 year absence. I couldn't remember where the 10 meter beacons are located. Now I know again. :) Using a kenwood ts 570 at 5-100 watts to an R7 vertical. I need to put up a long wire antenna for better reception. I saved your video for future reference. 73 de n0wdm, Mike
I think the two tones may be your tuning. Nudge it a bit. It's a phenomena of digital step-tuning. If you are on the "break", a difference of audio frequency (Hz) will cause a shift. It's not the beacon. As a "beaconer" registered with the IARU, I can attest: there are no "double frequency" beacons that send 100 hz shift which is what I am hearing. Now... there **are** frequency-shift digital beacons.
I agree the 2 tone station is hard to decode. My brain follows the pitch instead of decoding. I also find it hard to decode cw when it's that slow as I learned cw at 15wpm so I wouldn't 'count and decode' in my brain and operate more on instinct. That and I haven't practiced in over a year doesn't help either.
@@OfficialSWLchannel you bet! Putting the transmitter together now going to use a full size 10m inverted v dipole. Should be about 20 watts we shall see. I still have to coordinate the freq but it will be up soon.
I just qualified for my general class, but I have no practical experience. I inherited my dad's ten meter radio which has cw and ssb modes (realistic htx-100 with a mobile antenna). It's January now, the sunspot cycle is low, and I hear no Morse code or SSB. The band appears more or less closed. But I hear all kinds of steady carrier waves. You have them in your video. What are they? Am I wrong, the band isn't closed? I hear dozens of signals but no modulation. Perusing the internet for an answer has been unproductive, the question appears to be too simple for anyone to bother talking about. Thx!
If I'm looking at the chart correctly, the 10 meter band is the only HF band that allows technicians to do voice comms, and they are limited to SSB phone from 28.300 MHz to 28.500 at 200 watts or less.
I'm also seeing now that PSK31 (which is what you probably meant when you said "computer chat") is also available for technicians from 28.000 to 28.300, as RTTY and data are open for technicians there. So, yeah, 10-meter looks to be where it's at for technicians who don't want to limit themselves to VHF/UHF or Morse code. :) Also, I'm not licensed at all, so I'm watching a bunch of videos right now to learn the basics myself.
I like the two tones. Can’t really hear a diffrence but it sounds clearer than normal. I usually can’t decode unless it around 900+. But this low tone is nice.