Morse on 375kHz

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badger
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Location: Perth, WA

Morse on 375kHz

Post by badger »

Hey Guys i was just tuning around the AM Broadcast band and just below it on 375kHz there is a morse message --- .. --- aka "OIO" constantly repeating every 6 seconds or so. I was just wondering if anyone knows what it means?

Cheers, Jamie
WPXZBP

Re: Morse on 375kHz

Post by WPXZBP »

More than likely to be a beacon at Gingin. From memory it's Gingin RAAF base (ID is GIG) and it's on 374kHz.
That part of the LF spectrum is used for, amongst other things, non-directional beacons (NDBs) for aviation.
O is very similar to G (- - - = O, - - . = G)

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https://sites.google.com/site/somaliaamateurradio/somaliaphotos2 wrote: 0.372 MHz 372 kHz GIG Gingin, W.A., Australia. Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and civilian airfield. Australian Defence Force (ADF) Non Directional Beacon (NDB).
Gingin is 40 km north of RAAF base Pearce which is north of Perth, Western Australia.
This 24 hour radio 1000 Watts (1 kW) to a horizontal antenna beacon system for aircraft Automatic Direction Finding broadcasts a radio carrier and a Modulated Morse code (MCW) identification transmitting the call sign GIG every 6 seconds. 19 June 2009 at 1227 UTC signal strength 1.
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