[NLRS] 1296.274 beacon reactivated

[Karl Heil]

I too think it would be nice to point one of Steve's loops towards the Twin 
Cities.  That will give the Madison area, Eau Claire area, and of course the 
Cities coverage.  My opinion is keep the power relatively low....15 watts 
sounds like it should be adequate to make it up the Cities under good cndx.

Per Zack's question, yes I copy NK9M's beacon "most" of the time.  Low 
power, so when it is UP, I know the band is UP!  Generally only S-1 or so 
here,  but have heard it well above S-9 at times.  He also has a low powered 
222 beacon.

I am 25 miles west of Madison, WI.

Karl
WD9BGA
EN53ba


-----Original Message----- 
From: Zack Widup
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2016 3:14 PM
To: Steve Gross-N4PZ
Cc: NLRS Post ; David Palm
Subject: Re: [NLRS] 1296.274 beacon reactivated



Can any of you hear the NK9M beacon on about 1296.062? It drifts around a
lot in frequency. It was pointed to the southwest, I think; I could hear it
in east central Illinois the last time I listened for it. It's near Oswego,
IL.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Steve Gross-N4PZ <n4pz at live.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> OK David
>
> I will point one at Mpls and one east.
>
> It will take a few days since I need to move the loopers up on the main
> vertical mast from where it's buried in the H frame for my 4 x 32 foot 432
> array.
>
> I will see how much more power I can get up to them as well. I have some
> bricks but I think they all max out at 15 watts on 1296. I'm probably
> getting abt 7 watts up there at the moment.
>
> N8EM has a 432.304 bcn on a ten story bldg. near Madison so I don't think
> it's worth putting my 432.320 bcn up agn.
>
> Comments?
>
> 73
>
> Steve N4PZ
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: David Palm <thepalmhq at gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 7, 2016 2:26 PM
> To: Steve Gross-N4PZ
> Cc: NLRS Post
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] 1296.274 beacon reactivated
>
> How about one pointed toward the Twin Cities (and hence toward me in
> between.....)?
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Steve Gross-N4PZ <n4pz at live.com<mailto:
> n4pz at live.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hello Guys
>
>
> For your information I have reactivated my beacon on 1296.274.
>
> It is 2 55 element loopers at 70 feet pointed east from en52gb.
>
> It's only about 5 watts but I have a brick which makes almost 15 watts
> which I will add in a week or so.
>
> I will also try to turn it off during the night as nobody will be
> listening at 3 AM.
>
> Since it is 2 loopers I could point them in different directions. Any
> thoughts?
>
>
> 73
>
> Steve N4PZ
>
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