15 Nov 2022 - Peter GM4DTH received his first Amateur Radio MF beacon SA6RR (Sweden) on 478.94kHz. QSL card received already - see below.

The Swedish SA6RR amateur radio beacon (478.9kHz) was received at 03:18 GMT 15th November 2022 during an aeronautical Non Directional Beacon (NDB) receiving session. This was the first amateur signal received in this band. The report was 559 and the message was 'VVV BEACON DE SA6RR SA6RR SA6RR - PSE RPRT TO WWW.RADIORUD.SE - ' . The website in the message has details of the beacon which operated at an estimated power of 3W ERP. The aerial is about 22m high, capacity-loaded with a ground system using 17 100m radials.

MP3 audio recording:

Non-directional beacons received in Edinburgh IO85JW during this session were mainly weak with stable background noise with almost no static. This was not one of the better nights for listening. The beacons logged listed below illustrate the propagation conditions.

The receive aerial was a 'Miniwhip' at 10m elevation, receiver and recorder was an Icom IC-705 with a MF rx converter. All equipment was battery powered

  

Time GMT

Ident

Frequency kHz

Location

Country

0226

VNG

404

Vangsnes

Norway

0234

FTZ

468

Fritzlar

Germany

0235

MF

421

Halmstad

Sweden

0237

SG

409

Såtenäs

Sweden

0241

LAY

395

Islay

Scotland

0242

DND

394

Dundee

Scotland

0243

TAT

393

Tautra

Norway

0245

KLY

378

Killinay

Ireland

0246

CBL

380

Campbelltown

Scotland

0247

UW

368

Edinburgh

Scotland

0248

PIK

355

Prestwick

Scotland

0248

NT

352

Newcastle

England

0250

ATF

348

Aberdeen

Scotland

0251

NWI

342.5

Norwich

England

0253

EDN

341

Edinburgh

Scotland

0254

KER

334

Kerry Farranfore

Ireland

0256

GLW

331

Glasgow

Scotland

0257

EGT

328.5

Londonderry

Northern Ireland

0308

AH

417

Ängelholm

Sweden

0325

SAY

431

Stornoway

Scotland

0326

RY

427

Royan  Médis

France

0318

SA6RR

478.94

Beacon

Sweden