Hi Rick,
The beacon that you mention (what I assume I'm hearing around 3.500.9 this
morning between 1130 to 1200 UTC) is on a lower frequency (approximately
0.9 Khz lower) than what I was previously hearing, it's much weaker than
what I had been hearing, and it's heading is much different from my
Hi all,
Just curious: How come that people operate Ham beacons in a bandsegment that
we have agreed to be used for DX traffic only? What is the purpose?
73
Len
SM7BIC
The beacon that you mention (what I assume I'm hearing around 3.500.9 this
morning between 1130 to 1200 UTC) is on a lower
Rick and gang, as a follow up I just contacted Bill (w4hbk) via e-mail, and
the QRSS beacon that you mentioned above was definitely not the signal we
were tracking last week. Bill said the following today via e-mail.
I was running 1W to a 43' vertical on a frequency of 3500.81. One Watt is
It is built around the DDS VFO kit sold by N3ZI and amplifier kit from
W8DIZ. Power is 1 W to a 43 foot vertical.
If the QRSS station is operated at the FCC-licensed address, that places his
QTH on a narrow peninsula on the Gulf of Mexico. In one direction, it's
about 700 ft from saltwater.
Many thanks to everybody who responded to my inquiry. I received over twenty
responses, with many excellent suggestions. Turns out most folks homebrew
their own connectors, using brass plumbing fittings, and I received a number
of innovative designs. The aluminum jacketed 1/2 inch 50 ohm hardline
I was going to make the same comment. I would think that very high in
the band, above 3575, would make a LOT more sense.
On 11/8/2013 7:22 AM, Lennart Michaelsson wrote:
Hi all,
Just curious: How come that people operate Ham beacons in a bandsegment that
we have agreed to be used for DX
I would think that very high in the band, above 3575, would make a
LOT more sense.
No - above 3600. 3570-3600 is packed full of digital/RTTY operations.
73,
... Joe, W4TV
On 11/8/2013 10:37 PM, Gary K9GS wrote:
I was going to make the same comment. I would think that very high in
