[MAMS] 1296 Beacon Dayton Ohio EM79ur

[jancona]

Hi Mike

On Wednesday Night..K8TQK  asked me To Listen For a new Beacon On 
1296.080....So I Tuned To That Frequency And There it Was ...

Signal Strength Was About S2-S3 , Then Was a Little Stronger The next Two 
Days here In Michigan Near Detroit  ...EN82LN.

Distance Approx  206 Miles.....There was VHF and UHF Band Enhancement  as 
Well ....Have Not Heard It Since Then ...

But Will Listen From Time To Time...

Thank The Group for Putting Beacon Up ...

Jack / K8JA



-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Suhar
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 12:38 PM
To: 'Mid-America Microwave Society'
Subject: Re: [MAMS] 1296 Beacon Dayton Ohio EM79ur

That is a long way for the amount of power we are running.  I think the
antenna is on the northeast side of the tower.  Could  be some enhancement
in your direction along with propagation enhancement that night.  The side
arm is six feet out from the tower.

I need to do some work on the keyer.  It is built on perf board and hanging
in the open.  The beacon is inside of the 146.64 repeater cabinet.  When the
repeater is up the keyer gets messed up from the repeater RF.

Mike
W8RKO


-----Original Message-----
From: mams-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:mams-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of MARK K8MD
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 12:23
To: Mid-America Microwave Society
Subject: Re: [MAMS] 1296 Beacon Dayton Ohio EM79ur

205 mi to me I didn't realize it. Wow

--- On Sun, 11/27/11, Dave Sublette <k4to at arrl.net> wrote:

From: Dave Sublette <k4to at arrl.net>
Subject: Re: [MAMS] 1296 Beacon Dayton Ohio EM79ur
To: "Mid-America Microwave Society" <mams at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Sunday, November 27, 2011, 1:15 PM

I copied it about S-5 one morning, I am 121 miles away. Most of the time I
have not been able to hear it. I listen about every morning and have for the
past couple of weeks.

Dave, K4TO

On 11/27/2011 9:46 AM, MARK K8MD wrote:
> I heard here Thursday and Friday. Mark, K8MD EN82bq
>
> --- On Sun, 11/27/11, Mike Suhar<msuhar at woh.rr.com>  wrote:
>
> From: Mike Suhar<msuhar at woh.rr.com>
> Subject: [MAMS] 1296 Beacon Dayton Ohio EM79ur
> To: "'Mid-America Microwave Society'"<mams at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Sunday, November 27, 2011, 10:31 AM
>
> There is a new beacon on 1296.080 MHz located 800-feet up on one of
> the TV towers.  The current beacon arrangement is temporary until a
> permanent package can be built.  The antenna is a single halo built on a
PC board.
> That antenna is mounted at the 800 foot level on the tower.  The
> antenna is feed with 7/8 hardline  The total feedline length is around
> 900-feet so the loss on 1296 is very high.  25 watts at the bottom
> gives us less than 2 watts at the antenna.  So far the best reception
> report is from Michigan at
> 205 miles.
>
> This beacon is sponsored by the Midwest VHF/UHF Society and runs under
> their
> call: W8KSE
>
> Mike
> W8RKO
>
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