LF is alive!

You've all been there..... 4am and you awake to nature calling. Most just go back to bed after, but not me. It's a perfect time to ambush those beacons! Just to reiterate the awesomeness of the new antenna I'll point out that my early morn' listening event netted me 14 new beacons :) Now I realize that these longer nights are starting to help too, but if I credit mainly the antenna I feel better about the $$ I shelled out for it. Even during the week these middle-of-the-night awakenings account for most of my catches lately. I flip on the FRG late evening quite a bit, but those wee hours seem to be much more productive.
Another thing of note is 454 Khz. I began to hear what at first I beleived was local noise. But the more I listened to the bursts the more I thought it may be some form of data. After much searching I finally stumbled upon the answer. The Hagerstown MD DGPS site is testing a new HADGPS signal. Now I can stop wondering what may be raising all that ruckus on that freq in the 'hood.