[50mhz] Fw: BEACONet^31 Update

[Ray Brown]

  Shamelessly stolen from the Stanford VHF Reflector... :-)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ev Tupis (W2EV) <w2ev@arrl.net>

> Of interest to other VHFers...
> 
> The 2m transatlantic experiment has begun.  Participants have been
> transmitting for the past three weeks or so with no reports of QRM. 
> Stations on both sides of the Atlantic are now operating on 144.131 MHz USB
> + 1500 hz PSK audio.  Participation in the UK, EI, F, EA8 and CT as well as
> Florida and South Carolina in the USA.
> 
> With the 6-meter sporadic E season ramping up, BEACONet^31 activity is
> slated to ramp-up too.  You will find it on 50.291 MHz USB + 1500 hz PSK
> audio.
> 
> While BEACONet^31 is much more than a traditional propagation beacon (you
> can actually engage in keyboard-to-keyboard communications with the system),
> it is quite effective as a propagation monitoring system.  Below is a report
> from today's 10-meter operation on 28.131 MHz USB + 1500 hz PSK audio...
> 
> [CATCH] N7YG BeacoNet^31 - 05/31/2002 23:59:58 Z
>  
> Call       Grid  Azm   Dist First 000000000011111111112222 Last  Config   
>             SQ         (KM) Heard 012345678901234567890123 Heard  Code    
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PA3EUG-14 FN42KI   60  3661 13:12              BAA85862  B 23:59 HY0G04-15
> W2EV-6    FN03XD   57  3114 13:22              2331        16:22 HY0G02-15
> W3GYK-10  EM85VF   74  2668 15:41                1         15:41 HY0GA2-15
> KG4RII-9  EL86TX   94  2812 14:57               1 13121365 23:50 HY0G02-15
> KC5DUI-6  EM26WE   69  1602 14:06               55344451   21:12 HY0E01-15
> K5NZ-9    EM20BR   92  1433 21:35                      181 23:28 HY0C24-12
> K5NZ-12   EM20BR   92  1433 15:46                37B57     19:46 HY0C24-12
> N7YG-6    DM42NF    0     0 00:06 466555565665656656465565 23:49 HY0E02-15
> W3NRG-14  DM12JQ  276   597 14:05               2          14:09 HY0E03   
> VK2AKR-2  QF56MG  243 12587 01:47  1                       01:47 HY0F13-2 
> 
> The callsigns on the left all end with a -#.  This tells us how many times
> per hour each station is setup to transmit.  In the middle is a chart that
> shows how many times per each UTC hour that station was heard and properly
> decoded at N7YG...BASE36 (1=1,2=2,3=3,9=9,A=10...).
> 
> While this is a report from the 10-meter band, take a trip in your mind to
> using the system on 6-meters!  Such a system can (and DOES) keep track of
> conditions 24/7 and can even alert you to an opening when you don't expect
> it!  The more people who participate, the better the system becomes. 
> Honest!
> 
> BEACONet^31 exists on 50.291 USB using PSK31.  BEACONet.25 exists on 53.530
> MHz FM using AX.25 packet radio at 1200 baud.  Both systems have logged DX
> already this year.  Consider setting up your system to operate on BEACONet
> when it is not being used for 'normal voice communication'...this way, your
> signal can be used by others, too.
> 
> More information is available at http://go.to/BEACONet.
> 
> Ev, W2EV
> -- 
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