[TransAtlantic] Azores 2M beacon?

[N7BHC]

Hi Bob,

That is great news. A beacon there (or beacons) would be very helpful. It is right in the middle of the beamwidth of a beacon I operate out of Oriental, NC. I'd actually suggest a couple of beacons to explorer both the high and the low elevation launch points.

For exploring the North Atlantic path, I've built two beacons already. One is the N7BHC beacon in FM15. The second I sent down to NP2X in St. Croix. Both are on the air now. I published a few articles and papers on my philosophy on the beacons actually having full transceiver capability. See http://sites.google.com/site/n7bhcvhf/files for more info. Basically, I suggest high erp with a vertical stack of short yagis. In this case, the -3dB beamwidth would be about 60 degrees wide, maybe a stack of 5 element yagis.

 I just moved to Bonaire, and am busy building my station right now. Otherwise, I'd be happy to build a beacon to send over. Ultimately I plan to operate several breakable beacons on here running several hundred watts to stacked yagis on both 2m and 70cm. The PJ4-Europe beacon will be switchable between a vertical stack of eight 5-element yagis or a single 52 element rope-ladder yagi on a 125' boom.  Both will be centered on Portugal, but the long yagi is narrow enough I'd have to choose where to beam it. It's 3,000 miles to CU3, definitely a workable distance, so I very much hope we can get one or two beacon/stations operational.  If I can find a way to help directly, please let me know. If someone can send me the parts, I'd even be happy to assemble and test it here.

73, Dave - PJ4VHF / N7BHC
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On Dec 26, 2011, at 4:23 PM, Bob Cooper wrote:

> Greetings-
> My friend Jaime Eloy CU3K is agreeable to installing and maintaining a two meter beacon which between us we have two probable sites on the western end-side of Terceira. One is at maximum elevation (without looking it up, around 3,500') and another is just above seaside - both would have clean over water shots towards eastern USA while the elevated would also have a 360 degree sweep being the highest region on the island. Someone needs to arrange for the beacon's creation, there is an American ham currently stationed at the air base there and shipping could be through his stateside address to avoid hassles. Jamie is technically sharp and a very dedicated ham - and understands the possible importance of such a device 24 x 7. Comments? 73, Bob Cooper ZL4AAA/K6EDX
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