[Lowfer] BCY Beacon

Sat, 8 Nov 2003 15:27:25 -0600

Hey Jerry,
Can you wrap it up with a small bulb like a C-9 or something of that size to
warm it up? Maybe that will settle things down for you. It sure is nice to
get those free computers for the radio stuff.

Mike>WE0H

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Jerry Picou
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 2:47 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] BCY Beacon

Mie:
I got it installed today on a 100 MHz desktop I got for nothing. I
should the beacon on this evening. I am concerned the transmitter is
drifting off frequency and I have changed freqency to 169.4 KHz however
for some reason it appears right now to be 169.450 KHz as I look at it
using spectan4 . I am monitoring it to see if it drifts off frequency.
If it does I am thinking it is due to temperature changes in the
building were it is located.

Jerry - BCY 169.450

WE0H wrote:

>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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