[NLRS] EN-13 2m beacon DE KA0RYT - TNX Arliss

[Ronald Bergantzel]

Good Morning !! Up here in EN35ct , the WD9BGA beacon is S1 aprox. 95% of the time , then  "EWQ" - Johnsonville (EN15) at .277 is just above the noise about half of the time ......  Your new  EN13 beacon probably will not be affected by the 'BGA beacon up here , BUT I think that it would be a good idea to 'slide ' it down a few kc's for those that are close to the 'BGA beacon to be able to determine average conditions in your direction...... I will be out at the farm this weekend , and will take a listen for your new beacon - Many Thanks for putting up a new beacon there ,  Arliss !!!! 73s , Ron KA0RYT  EN35ct
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On Fri, 9/20/13, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [NLRS] N0LAN 2m beacon
 To: "Steve N4PZ" <n4pz at live.com>, "NLRS List" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
 Date: Friday, September 20, 2013, 7:50 AM
 
 
 
 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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