[TransAtlantic] Azores 2M beacon?

Mon Dec 26 19:24:51 EST 2011

Hi Bob and Dave,

Bob, That would be great! Thank-You very much for working on this.

I'll bring it up at our NEWS meeting in Longmeadow, MA on Jan. 14 and at the 
FLWSS meeting at Orlando Hamcation, Feb. 11. Maybe I can spark one of our 
very good "builders" to put it together and get some donations for the parts 
list.

What are the electricity requirements at those Azores sites?  110v AC? 
or?...

There's been late season partial trans-atlantic predictions of tropo on 
Hepburn in the last few weeks. Mostly Florida/Carribbean to, or almost to 
the Azores.

I've got to think that Puerto Rico , or the Caribbean basin area, including 
Bonaire, has a real chance to Portugal/Spain on 144. Just have to get 2 
stations in the right location.

Dave, I went by Mrs. Miele's house in October to see where your beacon is 
located. I know some of the guys in the Oriental club and if you have any 
problems with it, I may be able to give the local guys a hand, as I am down 
there at least 4 times a year.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if the St. Croix beacon gets heard in 
Southern Portugal or Spain in the near future.

Thank-You
Mark Casey K1MAP FN32sb & FM14ux

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N7BHC" <n7bhc at drasticom.net>
To: "Bob Cooper" <skyking at clear.net.nz>
Cc: <transatlantic at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [TransAtlantic] Azores 2M beacon?

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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