[WSWSS] Yuma 2 mtr beacon operational

Sat, 6 Mar 2004 05:27:36 -0800

Hearing the beacon S5 - S7 here in Pinon Hills (DM14ej) over a 30 minute
period.

Jim, AF6O

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jack Henry" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 2:48 PM
Subject: [WSWSS] Yuma 2 mtr beacon operational


> Hi VHFers,
>
>     Just received the message below from Bob, KA6LSL in Yuma. DM22.
Sounds
> like he did an outstanding job in installing and tweaking the beacon. The
> frequency is pretty close to 144.289.5 zero beat.  In the ssb mode a
> receiver set to slightly below 144.289 should hear a good note on it.
N6CA
> reported hearing it in Lomita with the peaks 10-15 dB out of the
> noise.  Chip has a medium size yagi but he claims his shot in that
> direction is not good.  I am detecting the beacon Q5 on my single loop
from
> the mobile on a peak in Pt Loma, San Diego.
>
> Please send your reception reports to Bob  at [email protected].  Please
info
> the reflector so we can all see the prop reports.  Thanks to Bob for
giving
> the beacon a home.
>
> 73  Jack N6XQ
>
>
> >Hello Jack,
> >The beacon survived the trip and put it on a dummy load with power supply
> >that I planned on using. That power supply was at 13.9 volts and I could
> >not get it down to where I wanted it. Put it with different supply that
has
> >good voltage control and set it for 13.0 volts. The Bird meter shows 24
> >watts with that setting.
> >
> >Relocated antenna on tower to 48 feet above ground and the base of the
> >tower is just over 400 feet above sea level.
> >Horizontal 6 element beam with a heading of 295 degrees magnetic. SWR is
> >1.1 and it looked good via the MFJ 269. With the Bird meter in line the
> >beacon is getting 00.20 watts reflected. Had to work on the tuning of the
> >beam to get it to that point right at 144.288 MHz.
> >
> >As of 7:00 PM MST today, Friday March 5 the unit is operational.
> >
> >Hope you fellows can hear it over on the coast.
> >We will not be over for the breakfast this month so please let everyone
> >know that it is operational.
> >
> >73 for now,
> >
> >Bob KA6LSL
>
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