[NLRS] N0LAN 2m beacon

[Steve N4PZ]

Hello Arliss
The BGA beacon is a very loud one and will wipe you out over here for a 
radius of 200 miles around it. I'll look and listen carefully. Then I'll 
make a suggestion. Even though you at at right angles to the BGA beacon, BGA 
is still very loud. My guess is that .294 would be a good choice but the 
other guys need to comment on that suggestion. I'll check out that freq and 
others. Thanks for putting it up. I have one on 432.320. 50 watts to a pair 
of big wheels at 70 feet. It runs in the morning and evening since it is 
100% solar/wind powered.
73
Steve N4PZ

-----Original Message----- 
From: Arliss
Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 12:12 AM
To: Steve N4PZ
Cc: nlrs at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: N0LAN 2m beacon

Hi Steve,

Thanks for taking a listen.  I chose 297 because I wanted to be at the
high end of the band (to maximize the distance from 144.200), and I
wanted to avoid the beacons that are well heard out here, like N0LL.  I
don't recall ever hearing the WD9BGA beacon, or at most only very
rarely.  The 2m beacons that I've heard most frequently over the years
have been in MN, KS, ND and Manitoba.  I also thought that it would be
on a different heading (vs Wisconsin) for stations to the east of me,
and that would provide some separation.

Also, the listings I have seen show BGA to be on 298, so I assumed one
KHz spacing from a beacon I never hear would be enough.  Obviously, it
isn't enough spacing for you folks further east.

I see there is another beacon listed in Wisconsin on 290.  Is that
accurate?  Do you have a suggestion for a good frequency?  292?  I'm not
crystal controlled, so it's not hard to move frequency.  I'm open to
suggestions to make the beacon more useful.

73,  Arliss  W7XU

On 2013-09-19 21:41, Steve N4PZ wrote:
>
>
> Arliss
> I can tell the bcn on 144.297 is in there but being almost zero beat
> with the WD9BGA BCN in EN53 it is very difficult if not impossible to
> copy in EN52.
> Why on earth did you put it on the same frequency? A shift of 3-4 khz is
> in order.
> 73
> Steve N4PZ