[50mhz] Beacon

[Bill VanAlstyne]

Hi Chris,

OK, I guess we got all the details and fine print parsed out.    Never heard
of anybody manually operating a high-power beacon regularly outside the beacon
sub-band, but as you say, if it's operator-controlled and monitored 100% of the
time, it's legal!

Bill / W5WVO


Christopher Boone wrote:
> Bill VanAlstyne wrote:
>
>> Assume you mean 1.5KW. Sorry, not so... The "legal limit" for an
>> automatic beacon station is 100W. See Part 97, Section 203(c).
>
> True, I guess I should have stated a manual beacon, not an automatic
> beacon...yes, auto beacons are limited to 100watts.
>
>> And operation in the
>> 50.06 - 50.08 MHz region isn't a choice, it's DA LAW.    This URL
>> will take you there:
>
> Again, only for auto beacons...manually controlled AND monitored
> beacons can and DO operate anywhere within the band provided they
> meet mode, power, ID and control requirements. For HIS operation, I
> would use the
> 50.06-50.08 auto beacon band unless he wants to MONITOR the freq while
> the beacon is running...(which is also required by law IF that is his
> choice
>
> Chris
> WB5ITT