[Mich VHF UHF Society] Testing 222.058 beacon in EN82hk

[Jack Ancona]

*Hi Patrick*

*I Listened For Your Beacon Last Night On About  222.058 Mhz and Was 
Able To Hear It OK ....Signal  Strength Was Not very Strong However ....*

*I Think It Was Because Your Antenna heighth Above Ground Is Not very 
High And Could be Blocked To Your North East Where I Am Located In 
Sterling Heights*

*In Grid  EN82LN ....Approx.  17 Miles Away ..Really Not That Far  and 
Signals From Ur Beacon  should be a Lot Stronger ...But Don't Be 
Discouraged*

*Continue The Beacon upgrade and Improvements To The Antenna .....Make 
Sure Ur Halo Is Actually Resonant On 222 Mhz... Will Help With The 
projection of **
*

*The Signal A Lot ...*

*Hope That helps You Pat ....Be Glad To Run More Checks With You In da 
Future..*

*73,s*

*Jack Ancona  K8JA*

*EN82LN*


On 2/21/2018 11:14 PM, Patrick Thomas wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I will be smoke-testing the new beacon power supply with the old beacon hardware (~10W out of a crystal-controlled radio to a halo around 12ft AGL), starting 6pm to 10pm EST on Feb 22nd.  Signal reports (strength AND quality) are especially welcome during this time!  Note that it may drift as much as a few hundred Hz depending on environment... after all it is about 40 years old!
>
> If successful, I will start it back up on Saturday and leave it in service until something goes wrong, or until the new beacon hardware is ready (hopefully within a couple weeks).  The new beacon is much more stable and precise, as well as being about twice as powerful, so I'm sure you will hear the difference when it is put in service.  Of course I will also post here.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Patrick
> KB8DGC
>
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