Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon - Second segment

2009-10-22 Thread Bob Coomler
With the Kenwood TS-930 and 80M inverted-L the signal was anywhere between S0 and S3. With the Icom R-75 and Ratzlaff active whip, there was still QSB, but the signal was always audible and peaking at S5. Wow, dramatic jump at 0602 just as I'm typing typing this. Kick in the supercharger? Goo

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-22 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, At 0616 it is coming in very nicely. Some fades, but pretty stable off SW EWE. A bit better than the NW/NE EWE. The SW EWE in longer though. Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kot

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-22 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, Coming in quite well here. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the origin

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Mike Sanburn
I'm on 1998.5 right now (CW mode) What I hear too far down in the mud sounds like RTTY. Can't discern anything yet...73 Mike Sanburn KG6LJU > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:49:58 + > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > From: n...@ieee.org > Subject: Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon &g

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Mike Sanburn
...@ieee.org > Subject: [IRCA] 160m beacon > > > > I will run the 160 meter amateur radio beacon this evening, 21 October our > time (22 Oct UTC). I plan two segments, one starting before and running past > local sunset from 0105UT to 0135UT, and one from 0550 to 0615UT. &g

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 05:09 10/22/2009, you wrote: . >At 01:13 you were 56 db weaker than the CFAX carrier here. Frequency drifted >upwards about 100 Hz over a 15 minute period. I'm surprised the difference is so small Brian(hi) CFAX does have a pretty nice antenna array and radial field I understand, so p

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Brian Chapel
Walter Salmaniw wrote: At 11:06 AM 10/21/2009, you wrote: I will run the 160 meter amateur radio beacon this evening, 21 October our time (22 Oct UTC). I plan two segments, one starting before and running past local sunset from 0105UT to 0135UT, and one from 0550 to 0615UT. This will be o

Re: [IRCA] 160m Beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Guy Atkins
Hi Nick, I monitored 1998.5 for your first period of transmission and didn't notice ANY trace of your beacon on Perseus until very late, at about 0135. Then I heard the CW signal, and the blip from the carrier began to appear on the display. The signal was really threshold, though. I was using th

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Mike Sanburn
I'm listening on 1998.5 right now, but darn, it's 0243 UTC. 'Guess that I'm between shifts, hi. Mike Sanburn KG6LJU > Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:08:09 -0700 > To: irca@hard-core-dx.com > From: salma...@shaw.ca > Subject: Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon >

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 01:35 10/22/2009, you wrote: >No joy in Troy Michigan (hey, it was worth a try!) although I didn't get to >try until 0134 UTC. > >Hopefully next time. Thanks anyway. > >73 de Joe, KJ8O > Thanks Joeleave a recorder running for the 0550UT test maybe? Nick * Ni

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, I just got home a bit ago, but I will try after 0550 again. Thanks. 40 watts should make it. After all I do have a 5 watt pirate on 1630 from Vancouver from 25 years ago, plus a couple 10 watt TIS stations from Bellingham on 1610. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 01:24 10/22/2009, you wrote: >Hi Nick, >Your beacon is doing well here tonight. With conditions as they are it > should get much further I would imagine. > got a report off list from Arkansas, but no luck getting into Ontario or Norway per the mwdx list. Thanks for checking gentlemen.

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Joseph Miller
09 14:06:52 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [IRCA] 160m beacon I will run the 160 meter amateur radio beacon this evening, 21 October our time (22 Oct UTC). I plan two segments, one starting before and running past local sunset from 0105UT to 0135UT, and one from 0550 to 0615UT. This will be on 1998.

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Bob Coomler
Finally got 100% copy on several ID's at 0130 UTC. Not consistent however. S2. Bob Coomler W7SWL Cloverdale, CA --- On Wed, 10/21/09, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > From: Nick Hall-Patch > Subject: [IRCA] 160m beacon > To: "mailing list for the International Radio Club of

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Nigel Pimblett
Hi Nick, Your beacon is doing well here tonight. With conditions as they are it should get much further I would imagine. 73, Nigel Nick Hall-Patch wrote: At 01:08 10/22/2009, you wrote: Loud and clear starting at 01:07, Nick. And yes, it's VVV de VE7DXR (why I'm not an amateur, I

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Don Moman VE6JY
weak on the fairly high (160') dipole but S7 on the very newly completed 4 square (4 x 132' radiators plus 60 1/4 wave radials under each) aimed in your direction. 73 Don VE6JY Lamont Alberta On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Nick Hall-Patch wrote: > At 01:08 10/22/2009, you wrote: > > >Loud and

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 01:08 10/22/2009, you wrote: >Loud and clear starting at 01:07, Nick. And yes, it's VVV de VE7DXR (why I'm >not an amateur, I guess). Excellent reception, although the first few seconds >were a bit wobbly on the frequencyWalt Thanks Walt. This will shut down my listening for the next

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 01:08 10/22/2009, you wrote: >Loud and clear starting at 01:07, Nick. And yes, it's VVV de VE7DXR (why I'm >not an amateur, I guess). Excellent reception, although the first few seconds >were a bit wobbly on the frequencyWalt Thanks for checking Waltnow to see if it's getting any

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Walter Salmaniw
At 11:06 AM 10/21/2009, you wrote: >I will run the 160 meter amateur radio beacon this evening, 21 October our >time (22 Oct UTC). I plan two segments, one starting before and running past >local sunset from 0105UT to 0135UT, and one from 0550 to 0615UT. >This will be on 1998.5 kHz and comprise

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
At 18:46 10/21/2009, you wrote: >Nick, > >What is the power? > Although it's a 100 watt transceiver, the antenna is not optimum (a 14m inductively loaded sloper), so I believe I'm getting about 40 watts out to it. Nick * Nick Hall-Patch Victoria, BC Canada _

Re: [IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Patrick Martin
Nick, What is the power? Patrick Martin KGED QSL Manager ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and d

[IRCA] 160m beacon

2009-10-21 Thread Nick Hall-Patch
I will run the 160 meter amateur radio beacon this evening, 21 October our time (22 Oct UTC). I plan two segments, one starting before and running past local sunset from 0105UT to 0135UT, and one from 0550 to 0615UT. This will be on 1998.5 kHz and comprise a repeated CW identifier of my amateur