Signal at 225KHz?

[W4TRX]

Can anyone help with the identification of a signal at 225KHz? Sending the morse code letters BH over and over.

 

[KB4MSZ]

According to LW Radio Beacons (dxinfocentre.com) there is a beacon at 224 khz, it operates at 400 watts:

224

BH

USA

AL

BIRMINGHAM

 

[W4TRX]

Thanks. According to the coordinates, this is located in a field beside a local football stadium (Legion Field) in downtown Birmingham.

 

[mmckenna]

Congratulations, welcome to the world of Non-Directional Beacons.
Used to be a lot of them at airports, but they are slowly going away.

Back when there was more of them, it was fun to chase them down when conditions were good.

 

[Marcy57]

I monitor LW alot there is still alot left but nowhere near what
it use to be like mmckenna mentioned I noticed though there
is still alot like in Ontario, up that way in Canada ...brings back
alot of the past with my Kenwood R5000 and longwire up all
night to copy some distant three letters in morse...enjoy 73,s
Marcy

 

[Marcy57]

Chasing them (the beacons) sounds crazy I know
but it can get addictive for real once you get going
at it....enjoy 73,s Marcy

 

[jwt873]

I've been chasing the beacons too.. I've managed to log 133 of them over the years. They're talking about doing away with them.. With all the modern equipment, they're a bit on the archaic side.

This link shows the beacons, their CW ID, the location/power etc and the frequencies. --> LW Radio Beacons ( Edit ..oops.. I see I posted the same link as KB4MSZ_

 

[Marcy57]

Wow thats way more than I got I think? without going back
into my old paper logs ( yes we use! to do that) awesome
job...73,s Marcy

 

[Marcy57]

Wow, just went over that whole list very impressive.!
Marcy