I am in favor of any beacon in a ham band. The more beacons the merrier. You are establishing a "presence" in a infrequently used ham band.
My estimate is that less than 10% of the users of a beacon ever report their use of a /B. If I had my way, I would have a /B on every hamband 900 MHz and above, thru 240 GHz. Just be sure to keep out of the passband of a satellite downlink or uplink. Beacons are valuable and best considered a "labor of love". We appreciate your /B. Stan, W1LE Cape Cod On 2/4/2011 6:55 PM, Charlie -K3VDB- wrote: > Hello AMSAT-BB;......I am trying to determine if the > W3HMS beacon on 2401MHZ is being use by the Satellite community > located in South/Central PA. We have > not received any reports for some time and will not continue to > support it if not needed. > > It Is located in FM19qv (S/E of York PA.) It has been heard > in MD and NJ. > > For those who are not familiar with it, it has been on 24/7 > for>3 years and located at 1000ft on a 130ft tower. Its output is 1W > to a RHCP Lindenblad Ant. Its CW Message > contains 4 Telemetering channels and about 15 sec of solid carrier > (then it repeat). > A spread sheet decoder is available on request. The beacon is useful > for Receive system testing and propagation analyzing etc. > > The 2401MHZ beacon is co-located with a 1296MHZ beacon and a 5760MHZ beacon. > The ID message and telemetering is common to all 3 beacons. > > More info is available from [email protected] > > Please Let me know if any of these beacons are useful to you!!! > > TNX > Charlie K3VDB > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
