Okay, maybe the fixed SF12 does not imply the beacon is not compliant, but what about the fixed channel of 868.1 MHz?
End-devices may transmit on any channel available at any time, using any available data rate, as long as the following rules are respected:
- The end-device changes channel in a pseudo-random fashion for every transmission. The resulting frequency diversity makes the system more robust to interferences.
- …
Because of good RF conditions I see both the Amsterdam and Brussels beacon today. 
More updates!
Move my antenna higher, I’m now picking up from the Brugge one!
In a related topic, BEACE001 was found too. So, the list I know of now:
| DevAddr | Decoded payload |
|---|---|
BEACE001 |
ThingsBeaconWalem001 |
BEACE100 |
ThingsBeaconBrussel1 |
BEACE101 |
ThingsBeaconBrugge01 |
BEACE102 |
ThingsBeaconVreren01 |
BEACE103 |
ThingsBeaconAmsterdam001 |
Like mentioned before: if anyone would know exact locations, then at least someone could use those for localization experiments… (Assuming people would not replay the very same packets from totally different locations.)
| DevAddr | Name | Location |
|---|---|---|
| BEACE001 | ThingsBeaconWalem001 | 51.0613, 4.46262 |
| BEACE100 | ThingsBeaconBrussel1 | 50.838, 4.3373 |
| BEACE101 | ThingsBeaconBrugge01 | |
| BEACE102 | ThingsBeaconVreren01 | 50.7375, 5.50605 |
| BEACE103 | ThingsBeaconAmsterdam001 | 52.3457, 4.82638 |
They are actually quite handy to test your gateway, and also receiving sensitivity over a period of time.
The ic880a board are sometimes failing when there is lightning in the neighborhood, and then the receiving sensitivity is 20db less.
I don’t know what happened, but BEACE103 is not active anymore. Up untill two days ago I could decode it every 10mins. Now nothing…
They are watching us!
someone broke the power going to the system, its a 235 km drive for me to fix it .
This makes sense, I see the BEACE100 also and I am living in Zeeland ever 10 minutes
Look to this Topic : Gateway is receiving the exact same packet for DevAddr "BEACE103" every 10 minutes
All ready mentioned in the past
Regards
Johan
