[DSP-10] Hearing Tehachapi Beacon in DM05!

[Leonard Gwinn]

WA6KLK  Len  CM89 here.

N6NB is a permanent beacon in the Tehacapie (sp?) area and is a super 
good signal check.  I am north of Ukiah CA and hear it regularly at 
s2/4  and at times up to s9.  Another full time beacon is on 144.282 and 
is KJ6KO located on the western side of the Sacramento valley about 10 
miles north of Esparto CA.  It has been heard into Idaho and mid 
Oregon.  Hope this helps. Enjoy and have fun.

73 Len  WA6KLK  CM89hi

Courtney Duncan wrote:

> Hey Guys,
>
> Listening to the calling frequency, 144.200, on the eve of the ARRL 
> QSO Party, I overheard somebody mention the Tehachapi Beacon up on 
> 144.292.  The story and the screen dump are at the bottom of my DSP-10 
> page:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ejccool3/dsp10.html
>
> What is remarkable here is that I'm blocked by mountains to the north 
> and have never heard anything in DM05 or DM15 or CM95 or further north 
> than that from home before.  I knew I could work San Diego and Tijuana 
> from here, having a good view to the south, but I didn't think 
> anything north of Saugus was possible.  This is something like a 100 
> km shot over mountains in the 2000 meter range.  (Elevation here is 
> about 390 meters.)
>
> Does anyone on the list know if this beacon is "permanent" or if it's 
> just up for the contest?  Does anyone know of other beacons that 
> should be hearable regularly or occasionally from Southern 
> California?  There is talk of hearing the Hawaii beacon from here and 
> I hear other people trying but haven't copied it myself (even in the 
> waterfall, which is _great_ for this sort of thing!).
>
> Unfortunately, it's not quite loud enough to use to get a good beam 
> pattern for my new M^2 2M12, but you can sure tell the beam is working 
> while it rotates around on this!  Maybe there will be a tropo opening 
> sometime.  (Maybe this _is_ a tropo opening.)
>
> n5bf/6
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