[NLRS] An idea for an NLRS beacon network

[Chris Elmquist]

Thanks Doug.  Your rundown on this kit was great and you should join
their sales team ;-)

The actual URL to their website is,

http://www.hanssummers.com/

73, Chris N0JCF

On Thursday (04/24/2014 at 11:44PM -0500), Doug Reed wrote:
> 
> 
> I just want to mention that the Hanssummer.com Ultimate 3 (U3) beacon kit
> has the capability to output any frequency from audio up to about
> 40MHz. And it can also use a GPS module with 1PPS output to do
> automatic frequency calibration of the DDS clock oscillator. Hans says
> his new Huff-n-Puff calibration mode can adjust the DDS clock
> frequency to within about 2Hz accuracy at 125MHz. That should be
> accurate enough for anyone's 6M-432 beacon....
> 
> If you have an old FM mobile radio, you can program the U3 module to
> output the required TX crystal frequency and key it for a CW or FSKCW
> beacon, then let the old radio do the rest. The U3 kit and GPS module
> is about $55 postpaid. Add a 12v power supply, an old mobile radio,
> and an antenna and you can have a beacon on the air. Final cost
> depends how well you scrounge.
> 
> Might even be able to do stepped power levels if you get creative with
> the radio....  I think the U3 beacons can be programed for start time
> so you can have multiple beacons on the same frequency kind of like
> the IARU HF beacon network. Or you can have one U3 module cycle
> through several frequencies and select different radios to have
> multiple beacons in the cycle. It is really a very flexible beacon
> kit.
> 
> 73, Doug Reed, N0NAS.
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Chris Elmquist