[Mich VHF UHF Society] 2 meter beacon

[Ian Hill]

I think another active beacon in the Lower Peninsula of MI would be 
great! AFAIK, my beacon on 144.295 is the only active 2m beacon in the 
LP. I've never heard WI8Z, WB2LHP or W8VHF.

73,
Ian - K8MM

On 11/1/2015 1:18 PM, Tom wrote:
> There has been discussion about a 2 meter beacon for west Michigan. I 
> have the equipment and location to add a 2 meter beacon. It would be 
> located just north of Holland, Mi at EN62wu, at the same site as the 
> K8TB 6 meter beacon. I would expect it to run from 5-10 watts, omni.
>
> But there are two questions:
> 1.  Do we need it? Would a 2 meter beacon transmitting from Holland be 
> useful, or a frivolous exercise? Would it cause undo interference?
>
> 2.  What frequency? in looking over the existing beacon lists, I see a 
> hole at 144.286 MHz.  It should avoid interfering with any beacon 
> within 200-300 miles.
>
> If there is a consensus that we should have a beacon at this location, 
> I will order the Motorola channel element for this frequency 
> immediately so that i can run it continuously on the bench for the 
> winter time, to burn the channel element in.
>
> And in looking at the beacon list, I see the following listed as 
> operational in the lower peninsula of  Michigan:
>
> 144.282 WI8Z     EN84ca MI Standish
> 144.285 WB2LHP   EN74gq MI Traverse City
> 144.287 W8VHF    EN64sa MI Ludington
> 144.295 K8MM     EN83fa MI Flint
>
> Are these operational, and would the 144.286 frequency be too close to 
> the others?
>
> Tom Bosscher K8TB
>
>
>
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