Talk:WLO
I see these types of beacons also on the European WebSDR, perhaps its a global network of them? The beacons seem to be pretty similar; morse code identifier, followed by 4 modulated tones. Just thinking because this signal is probably not unique to WLO, besides the morse code identifier. --Cartoonman (talk) 02:01, 24 May 2016 (NZST)
WLO also runs KLB, located near Seattle, Washington and serves Alaska / Pacific ocean. All traffic gets routed to the WLO Mobile Alabama HQ and relayed.
So im sure that since its LFLow Frequency (30-300 kHz)/HFHigh Frequency (3-30 MHz) Shortwave you can probably hear it anywhere depending on weather / solar / ionosphere conditions.
I was informed yesterday on their facebook page that they do send QSL cards if you email them the info of what / when / how you received there signal .
I sent a email early this morning but not sure if it was the right email address.--Mbeam (talk) 11:58, 24 May 2016 (NZST)
Oh that might be it. http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901/?tune=8429USB <- This is what i was referring to, and WLO is labeled as one of the many beacons. I'm guessing they're all part of the same HFHigh Frequency (3-30 MHz) network of beacons. The stronger ones are closer to this european receiver than the US one, so possibly european repeaters? --Cartoonman (talk) 14:18, 24 May 2016 (NZST)
The morse code is TAH. Sounds like it could be another communications company that works like WLO.
http://qrg.globaltuners.com/?q=TAH%2FIstanbul+Radio
http://qrg.globaltuners.com/details.php?id=8562
--Mbeam (talk) 15:06, 24 May 2016 (NZST)
I got http://212.174.109.9/en-US/marine-broadcasts-shipping.aspx, turkish meteorlogical service, shipping broadcasts, similar to WLO i suppose. They seem to use relatively similar equipment, since their beacons are pretty much the same format, just different identifier. Nice to know what it is, so we could probably group them all together under one signal entry. --Cartoonman (talk) 15:54, 24 May 2016 (NZST)
Not sure what the proper category/signal placement would be for it in the wiki.
The signal that is on this page is considered a "channel marker" for WLO
So I'm not sure if you want to add a category for known beacon / markers etc.. and add WLO, TAH to it or have separate pages for each entity listing all there signals or both ..
WLO also does SITOR, AMTOR, PACTOR and PACTOR II etc..
I figured alot of people probably have herd this signal and there wasn't alot of information on it on here so i got something started for it .
I thought it would be nice to have a placeholder page for WLO , so that it can be referred to since they use multiple freq's at multiple times at multiple locations.--Mbeam (talk) 21:23, 24 May 2016 (NZST)
