[Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

[Charlie T]

I know it's no longer a requirement, and I especially can't argue the point, BUT, I would ask that any proposed 6M beacon use a call sign appropriate for the location of the beacon.
Yeah I know, the grid square should be sufficient, but years ago, there was a 6M beacon in the Washington DC area signing a KL7 call. This was before the proliferation of out-of-area call signs were common.  Talk about shaking up the troops when THAT one hit the airwaves!

And yes, when I moved to Virginia I held a secondary location call,  WA4LJQ (could it get much longer for CW?), with k3ICH still assigned to my parents house in Forestville MD where I was 1st licensed as KN3ICH.
I was very lucky to have been able to hang onto my original call, as many didn't have the luxury and had to loose their old calls when they applied for the new station location.

73, Charlie k3ICH/4


-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 10:33 AM
To: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always pop up in the low end of the band. We could use a lot more of these during sporadic-E seasons. If you have a 6-meter-capable QRP rig gathering dust and an antenna to put it on, you might consider joining in. In addition to giving us a few more data points on propagation, it’s a novel way of promoting CW use.

If you decide to put a beacon on the air, please let us know so we can all listen for it.

73,
Wayne
N6KR

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