[NLRS] Status of 2m beacons?

[Terry Van Benschoten]

YES ....... Definately YES.

Beacons are used here many times a day.

I vote for 144, 222, and 432.

AND 99 percent is great!

Terry, W0VB

On Jun 16, 2010, at 9:22 AM, David Palm <thepalmhq at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> I'm glad this issue of beacons came up.
>
> I'll preface this by saying that I have a lot more ambition than I  
> have
> time.  So too often my ideas don't see the light of day.  That being  
> said, I
> have a really nice QTH for VHF-UHF beacons here in EN43.  Our farm  
> sits at
> about 1250 ft asl and I have a silo on the property with the dome at  
> 70 ft.
> above ground.  It's a commanding view from up there.  I intend  
> eventually to
> plant an antenna farm up there and it seems like a pretty great  
> place for
> beacons.  If I knew that it would serve a real purpose, that they  
> would
> really be used, I would have additional motivation to get something  
> done.
>
> I've had it in mind to place at least 144 and 432 transverters up  
> there just
> under the dome and run IF cables back to the house (have the hardline
> already.)  If those transverters were used, say, 99% of the time as  
> beacons
> and the other 1% of the time to operate in nets, contests, etc. is  
> that
> acceptable to most?  Is 99% of a loaf better than none?  Or is it too
> frustrating not to be able to count on a beacon 24-7?
>
> I'm wondering in general how many people on this list actually utilize
> beacons on a regular basis?  What would you like to see band-wise,
> power-wise, etc.?  And if a guy was going to do this on a budget,  
> what would
> be the recommended equipment set-up?
>
> As always, I've learned a lot by the expertise on this group.
>
> Thanks and 73,
>
> David  W9HQ
>
>
>
> On 6/15/10, Bill Davis Jr <cqbilld at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Does anyone know anything about the current status of the EN43 and  
>> the
>> EN53 beacons? Bruce was asking me at Aurora and I didn't know  
>> anything about
>> them. I know after Jerry HCZ passed away that his son was going to  
>> continue
>> with the EN43 beacon. I in the past heard both of these beacons in  
>> the
>> summer reliably. Not strong all the time, but I would hear them if  
>> I set on
>> the freq for a few min. Often the EN53 beacon was heard as well as  
>> the EN43
>> beacon. Now for many months I have heard very little from either of  
>> them.
>> With "summer" close at hand, I would think prop would be "back".
>>
>> I think it was W9GM that said that he thought the EN53 beacon had  
>> been on
>> and off quite a bit recently. Anyone know anything more?
>>
>> As near as I can tell, things are "ok" here, but we all know slow  
>> changes
>> in equipment performance is difficult to detect. The rotator loop  
>> has been
>> on the tower MANY years.
>>
>> TNX and 73  Bill  K0AWU  EN37ed
>>
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