Resurrecting My W7YV Blog
It has been nearly 8 years since I've posted here. When my wife died in 2017, I slowly drifted away from the hobby. For whatever reason, my interest has returned. This is my first post in a longtime.
Running A Beacon During Idle Time
Table Of Contents Introduction Beacon List Beacon Station If You Hear Me Activity Log Introduction I was playing radio the other day and copied a 10 metre beacon on 28.1995Mhz. I copied VVV VE3IIM/B EN94 73. Super strong, no QRM and nil QRN. 599. S Meter S1 to S3. I looked him up on QRZ (Tim Smith, Hanover, ON N4N 2R5 Canada) and responded to his request for reception reports. He responded and we had a nice email chat. Tim was very helpful and gave me some useful research links. This gave me the idea of running my own beacon using my ICOM 7300 memory keyer capability. I setup a memory of VVV DE W7YV/B W7YV/B DN40 K with a 4 second repeat interval. I am sending this on 10M or 20M. Have not tried 40 or 80, yet, due to antenna issues. The results are intriguing. I was contacted by Jerry, AC5JM, the IARU Region 2 HF Beacon Coordinator informing me that I was not using a coordinated frequency. He provided a list of "clear channel" beacon freq...
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