[NLRS] Beacons

[Brandon Anderson]

The N8PUM/b 10368.315 Mhz has been on the air as of Sept. 2012 so you 
would'nt have heard it while you were in the "neighborhood." 73' de N8PUM 
Brandon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Gerald N. Johnson" <geraldj at netins.net>
To: "Brandon Anderson" <n8pum1 at charter.net>
Cc: "NLRS Post" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] Beacons


> Knowing that would have been handy during our August Lake Superior 
> expedition. It should have been easy copy from along the north shore as 
> well as our operating positions at EN57VK and EN67AL. But I never knew to 
> tune up that high in the band. To here its about 650 miles and its going 
> to take more than a little enhancement to make that path since the antenna 
> gain at the beacon and power give it a 20 or 25 dB handicap compared to 
> using 18" dishes at each end with a few watts and under ordinary 
> conditions 200 miles gets tough and 250 nothing heard.
>
> 73, Jerry, K0CQ
>
> On 1/5/2013 3:16 PM, Brandon Anderson wrote:
>> I have a 10ghz beacon on the air in EN57vi at 200mW with a 32 slot
>> antenna. Kind of a long shot, but the antenna is installed in a very
>> high location with a 270+ degree veiw of Lake Superior. 10368.315 +/-
>> Mhz..I have heard it easily from EN66dl via rain and snow scatter. Good
>> Luck de N8PUM Brandon
>>
>