[Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air

[Kevin Rock]

I have scanned from 50.020 to 50.030 on both my 6 meter horizontal loop  
and on my G5RV.  No signals at all except for one birdie.
    Kevin.  KD5ONS  CN85jq



On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:48:15 -0700, Doug Phillips <w7rdp at msn.com> wrote:

> After corresponding with Wayne a little today, I have my XG3 running a
> 0dBm into a Parr 6M stressed Moxon aimed South at about 45' agl, CN87xo,
> just east of Seattle.  The frequency set on the XG3 is 50.025MHz, my
> K3/10 thinks it is a little lower but not by much.  The XG3 is set to
> send 5 seconds of 0dBm tone, then W7RDP/B at 15 wpm CW, then 10 seconds
> of tone at 0dBm, repeating every 60 seconds.
>
> One thing I found out is to add a word space before the call otherwise
> the first letter is truncated, and I added one after just in case.
>
> 73, Doug W7RDP