[AK-VHF] VE8RT 2M beacon question

[Edward R Cole]

Ron,

WSPR is intended for running propagation beaconing, why not run 
that?  Otherwise CW is traditional mode for beaconing.

But considering that you are remote to most of the ham world WSPR 
would work better plus any reports would show on wspr.com.  Not aware 
that ISCAT is used for beaconing.

You are at a good distance from me to do meteor scatter (maybe 
one-way if you don't have much power on 2m).

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73, Ed - KL7UW

At 08:25 AM 8/3/2019, Ron VE8RT wrote:
>    I have a QRP Labs U3S kit coming, along with a few other things.
>This has a ability to operate in several different modes as a beacon,
>and they say that with a stable VFO it could work on 2M WSPR.  My first
>thought was setting something up as a local (not at my QTH) bearing and
>signal reference for checking beam antenna performance and bearing.  It
>could serve that purpose too and be a beacon for more DX stations.
>
>    I'm not familiar with, and there doesn't seem to be a lot online,
>about ISCAT A, is it suitable for a beacon?  I've tried listening and I
>probably have the audio levels set too high as it constantly outputs
>random characters.
>
>    What would be a preferred mode for a 2M beacon?
>
>      Ron VE8RT in DP22
>
>--
>Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca>
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