[50mhz] Beacon

Tue, 4 May 2004 18:22:18 -0700

Mine will be on 50.075 running 10 watts. Converted a Mitrek, bought a temp
compensated element from international xtal..
Using a CommSpec ID-8. Perfect gizmo for beacons...

73
 NA6DF/b CM88ws

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Boone" <[email protected]>
To: "Jason Vierik - KC8SZU" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [50mhz] Beacon

> Automatically "controlled" beacons can operate at any time between 50.06
> and 50.08 MHz....outside that range, you MUST monitor the freq WHILE the
> beacon is in operation and cease if any other operations appear on the
> freq...
>
> Sooooo 50.06 - 50.08 is your best choice :) Power can be up to legal
> limit but 25-100watts should be more than enough (beacons are supposed
> to show propogation under normal or less than normal
> conditions.....running a KW on a beacon would not make much
> sense...since most ops won't be! :)
>
> Now as to what it should say, all that is required by FCC Part 97 is
> your callsign....nothing else..What you decide to put on it is up to
you...
>
> MOST beacons use  "QST de <callsign>/BCN  <Grid Square> PSE QSL"
> or similar....some use V instead of QST at the start......some include
> city and state, etc etc.....Some don't add the /BCN or /B (for Beacon)
> and just run their callsign (again perfectly legal either way!)
>
> Hope that helps
>
> Chris
> WB5ITT
>
> Jason Vierik - KC8SZU wrote:
> > I want to setup a beacon to run maybe a few hours here and there a night
> > from Michigan.  My FT-897 will beacon in CW.  I guess my question is,
how
> > much power can I run?  What exactly should the beacon say?  I am going
to be
> > using a PAR omni OA-50 at about 25 feet off the ground.  I live in a
pretty
> > high elevation for michigan though.
> >
>
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