[KL7AA] Alaska 10 meter Beacon

[Jim Larsen - AL7FS]

By 2300Z on 27Jan, the Alaska 10 meter Beacon will be operational!

Initially activated 14Jun06, the new beacon will reactivated on Jan 27, 
2011 at the new site. The beacon will be operational full time.

Frequency = 28.239.2 MHz .....frequency coordinated (Frequency counter 
reads 28.239.18 approximately.)
Antenna = half-wave vertical
GoogleEarth coordinates: 61° 9'6.12"N 149°52'31.45"W
. . . . Cut and paste the coordinates into Google Earth search to see 
the antenna location. You can actually see the antenna on the CWM 
building to the south.

Grid Square = BP51bd
Power = 3 watts
Beacon message = AK AK AK de AL7FS AL7FS AL7FS bcn < ~1 sec. pause>
This a joint project of KL7JGN and AL7FS.

http://www.al7fs.us/Beacon.html

73, Jim
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Jim Larsen, AL7FS
Anchorage Alaska
907-345-3190
http://www.AL7FS.us/