[PPRAANet] New KVOD Translator in COS +

[W0rw at aol.com]

If you like classical music from KVOD (Pueblo) and it is a bit too weak on 
91.1,
COS now has a translator on 94.7 MHz.
i swung my beam around and it looks like it is coming from Cedar Heights.
Should be good in the car too.
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Don't for get the 80 meter fox hunt tonight.
If you want to work the 80 Meter Fox(s) on Tuesday night.
There is more info available on the official QRP Fox
Hunt Home Page 'QFOX' at  http://www.qrpfoxhunt.org
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Please listen for the WD2XSH/21 Low Frequency Beacon.
   The WD2XSH/21 Beacon is in Colorado Springs on 506.500 kHz, time slot #21.
It is in a nation wide time rotation beacon system sending only at 21 minutes 
and 51 minutes past the hour continuously (24/7). Use your WWV clock for 
exact timimg. Transmissions are at 20 WPM for one minute. If you can't copy CW you 
will be able to identify the signal by its timing.
   The power output of the beacon is 100W as aauthorized by the FCC. The 
antenna is a 30 foot vertical.
   You might have to disconnect your antenna tuner, balun, etc. and hook on 
your biggest antenna to your receiver to hear the signal.
   Some Japanese (e.g: Kenwood)  radios have an internal 20 dB attenuator 
that is automatically cut in for the Broadcast band (500 to 1600 kHz). It may 
have to be by-passed for optimum operation.
   Lamp dimmers and computer displays and power supplies can also cause a lot 
of noise that will mask out low frequency signals.


   The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology on September 13 granted Part

5 experimental license WD2XSH to the ARRL on behalf of a group of radio

amateurs interested in investigating spectrum in the vicinity of 500 kHz.

The authorization permits experimentation and research between 505

and 510 kHz (600 meters) using narrowband modes at power levels of up to 20

W effective radiated power (ERP). 
   You can get the latest beacon happenings by subscribing to the 600 Meter 
Research Group email list.  Send 600MRG subscribe request to 
majordomo at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu 
You can see a recent story about the experiments and see a picture of my 
transmitter at
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/11/10/101/?nc=1

  Paul  w0rw
w0rw at aol.com
P.O. Box 6069
Colorado Springs, CO 80934