[10m] FW: [vhfskip] W4JE propagatiopn beacon on the air at 28.210 MHz for shakedown

[Spencer Sholly]

Recieved on another list to which I subscribe.


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>From: "Mark Cobbeldick \[KB4CVN\]" <kb4cvn at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: vhfskip at yahoogroups.com
>To: kb4cvn at yahoo.com
>Subject: [vhfskip] W4JE propagatiopn beacon on the air at 28.210 MHz for 
>shakedown
>Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 18:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
>
>FYI...
>
>Forwarded to me this morning.
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>73,
>Mark C.   KB4CVN
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>Message: 7
>Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:36:11 -0400
>From: "Andrew Clegg" <w4jecom at w4je.com>
>Subject: W4JE propagatiopn beacon on the air at 28.210 MHz
>for shakedown
>To:
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>
>Folks,
>After a hiatus, my 10 meter amateur radio propagation
>beacon is getting back on the air, just in time for the
>beginning of the new solar cycle (Cycle 24). It is running
>now and through the weekend for a shakedown cruise, in
>which I will do some tests and track down and attempt to
>reconcile any RFI or equipment problems.
>
>The beacon antenna is located on the roof of a high rise
>building (21 stories) in the Ballston section of Arlington,
>grid square FM18kv. It is a 3 dB gain (theoretical)
>quarter-wave vertical antenna, fed by a RadioShack HTX-100
>10-meter radio operating with 25 W output. However, there
>is about 100 ft of RG-8 type coax in between, so the power
>into the antenna is significantly less than 25 W (this is
>one of the parameters I will be measuring).
>
>Take a listen in CW (or SSB) mode on 28.210 MHz. Initial
>reception reports are welcome! Reports of non-reception are
>also welcome. If your radio doesn't do CW or SSB mode,
>listen in AM or FM mode for the CW carrier going
>on and off.
>
>I plan to do a lot more beacon development, including
>possibly adding a simultaneous 2m beacon at the same
>location, and adding a dedicated web site for information,
>reception reports, statistics, and maps of
>confirmedreports. I hope to keep this going throughout the
>entire  Cycle 24.
>
>Cheers,
>Andy
>
>
>
>...
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