[Lowfer] BCY Beacon

Sat, 8 Nov 2003 13:57:12 -0600

Hi Jerry,
I believe it was some setup settings that I had to get right for it to run
continuously. I run it on a 486-50mc computer that I got for free. I
installed Windows 3.11 on it and it just keeps beaconing away.

Mike>WE0H

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Jerry Picou
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 9:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] BCY Beacon

Mike:
Thats the version of QRS that I am using. It doesn't appear to like the
laptop that I am using. I got another computer that I am going to try.
On another topic, I was having some frequency stability problems with
the beacon. I think I'm going to change frequncy to 169.400 KHz. I
monitored it using spectran4 and it seemed to hold with very little
drift that I could see. I will keep everyone updated on how it goes.
Hopefully I will have it operational by tonight.

Jerry - BCY beacon

WE0H wrote:

>Jerry,
>Are you running QRS 3.17 to key the beacon with the computer? If so, I had
>similar problems and fixed it somehow. I would have to dig around and find
>out what I did to get the program to run continuous.
>
>Mike>WE0H
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>On Behalf Of Jerry Picou
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 3:46 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [Lowfer] BCY Beacon
>
>My Lowfer beacon BCY on 169.130 KHz went off air last night.. The
>problem appears to be
>the dell laptop that controls the transmitter.It went through 15 cycles
>then quit. I didn't realize it until I got up this morning. I restarted
>the computer and left for work. After I got home it again was off air. I
>checked the computers settings and it looks OK. The beacon is back on
>and I will be monitoring it closely this evening to see what the problem
>is. I have another old dell 75 MHz I can use if it goes down again.
>
>Jerry

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