Beacon:
Part 97 - Page 5 - section 9 defines "Beacon" as:
An amateur station transmitting communications for the purposes of observation of propagation and reception or other related experimental activities.
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Sending ID or the time is not for the purpose of observing propagation.
Sending ID or the time is not for the purpose of observing reception.
Sending ID or the time is not for the purpose of other related experimental activities.
The definiton of "Beacon" does not appear to be met here.