[MAMS] Hepburn troop forecast

[Marcel Bechtoldt]

Wednesday morning I was on at 7am   and worked  k0six en35  830 km /516miles on 144  near big Lake, MN at 7:25am , Vincent signal was good I was using my 17b2 and 50watts. 5x5 both  direction   I did noticed that signal were up and down . I heard a couple of weak signals beacons I do not remember if it was n9ss.  I did hear a strong beacon it was wd9bga in Berneveld, WI   en53ba   312mi   s9   easy copy  not sure what output or antenna is setup for this beacon..    I call CQ on 144.200  looking north mostly and a few time to SE.    I may have missed station that were on at 6am..    I did have to leave for work by 8am.   I would say we had enhancement,   If  it would have been a weekend morning I think we would have some interesting contacts.


regards
Marcel N9NJY     EM58bl   Bellevillle, IL


________________________________
 From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
To: Mid-America Microwave Society <mams at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [MAMS] Hepburn troop forecast
 
I sent an e-mail to N9SS about hearing the beacon. He told me I was the
first person ever outside of Peoria to report hearing any of his beacons.

He built the beacon(s) mainly for his own use. He's used them to peak up
preamps, etc. The 144.275 MHz beacon is running 25 milliwatts to a loop
antenna up 30 feet. It has a set of attenuators it goes through; he said
there are six -10 dB steps. I could hear two of the steps yesterday
morning, which means I was hearing 250 microwatts as the weakest one I
could detect.

He said he also has beacons on ~ 432.300 and 1296.300. The keyer cycles
through the three; it sends V's on two of the beacons while it sends its ID
and steps through power levels on one. So it starts on 144.275 and sends
its ID and goes through the six power levels while sending V's on 432 and
1296, then says "QSY to 432" and sends V's on 144 and 1296 while ID'ing on
432, then goes to 1296, etc.

There must've been some sort of enhancement yesterday for me to hear this
beacon 95 miles away. I don't know why I didn't hear any other signals on
144 MHz except beacons.

I am going to listen for the 432 and 1296 beacons this Sunday when I'm in
the UHF contest. I'll be closer; EN50rl > EN50es is about 60 miles.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> wrote:

> The N9SS beacon on 144.275 is an odd little beacon. When I first heard it,
> I thought it was someone tuning up. It's located in Peoria (EN50es). It's a
> very low power beacon but I was hearing it well this morning in EN60af.
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
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