[AK-VHF] VE8RT 2M beacon question

[Ron VE8RT]

Thanks for the replies!

   what caught my attention with ISCAT was a website where it was being
used for aircraft scatter.  WSPR I thought would have a relatively
constant amplitude for receiver/antenna tested or comparison.  CW is an
all time favourite because it doesn't need software to be decoded.
WSPR is suited to meteor scatter

   I'd have to look into it, but I thought that WSPR could have a CW ID
at the end of the transmission.

   Both a pro and a con, WSPR monitoring is 24/7, on the other hand who
would be listening for anything from here?  There was a 2M beacon in
Edmonton, but I understand that the carrier frequency (at the time I
looked into it) isn't stable and may be off by a couple of KHz, making
difficult to listen for meteor pings.

   WRT VHF and up, I'm very much on my own here.

       Ron VE8RT

On Sat, 3 Aug 2019 10:25:21 -0600
Ron VE8RT <ve8rt at yknwt.ca> 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
> 
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