International Beacon Project Transmission Schedule

Each beacon transmits once on each band once every three minutes, 24 hours a day.

A transmission consists of the callsign of the beacon sent at 22 words per minute followed by four one-second dashes.

The callsign and the first dash are sent at 100 watts. The remaining dashes are sent at 10 watts, 1 watt and 100 milliwatts.

At the end of each 10 second transmission, the beacon steps to the next higher band and the next beacon in the sequence begins transmitting.

Which beacon am I hearing right now?

Frequency	Beacon
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What direction is the beacon?

How far away is the beacon?

Beacon	Frequency
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1 The beacon is off the air temporarily. We expect it will be back soon.
2 VE8AT has been moved to Inuvik, NT, 1,845 km from the previous location at Eureka
3 The beacon seems to be transmitting but is very weak. We are trying to contact the operators.
4 Off due to hardware failure. The operators are working on the problem. Please be patient.
5 The beacon will be off from time to time due to frequent power cuts and heavy thunderstorms.
6 The beacon hasn't been heard for a while. We are contacting the operator. If you hear the beacon back on, please report it to us

Understand the propagation today: Search the DX Summit Database or the Reverse Beacon Network for beacon spots.

If you can hear a beacon now, send a report to DX Summit. (Share a spot on the right hand side).
If you hear a beacon that is shown as off the air above, or if you hear a beacon that is malfunctioning in some way, please let us know.

NCDXF/IARU International Beacon Project