[NLRS] N0LAN 2m beacon

[Zack Widup]

There are a few beacons I can hear in this area. The WR9L beacon in
Kankakee is on about 144.275. There is or was another one in central
east Indiana on about 144.277. I haven't heard that one for a while
though. And the WD9BGA beacon always comes in great down here. There
are no beacons between those frequencies in this area that I know of.

73, Zack W9SZ


On 9/20/13, Steve N4PZ <n4pz at live.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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
>
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