[Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

[Wayne Burdick]

I heard from a couple of ops that the weak-signal community would prefer beacons be located higher in the band, say above 50.150.

According to published references I’ve seen, beacons reside from 50.060-50.090, and that is where I have found them (for many years). If this is a problem, someone should get the word out.

One reference in extensive use is the one from Nifty! manuals. See 6 m listings.

Wayne
N6KR


> On Jul 1, 2018, at 8:33 AM, Walter Underwood <wunder at wunderwood.org> wrote:
> 
> Hmm, sounds like a good idea for a kit…
> 
> wunder
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>> On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Wayne Burdick <n6kr at elecraft.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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