[Mich VHF UHF Society] 10 GHz Beacon

[Gedas]

Hi Dave. I am so sorry to hear about the beacons being down. But I like 
that you have plans to get them operational again. Beacons are so, so 
important as you know, esp on the higher frequencies. This latest batch 
of post on the Midwest group has made me decide to design up a 
monitoring/recording station starting on 10 GHz. Your beacon and Jim's 
(N8CEI) are the only two possibilities for me. Unfortunately Jim's 
beacon is down as well and he is not eager to climb the 125' tower 
during the winter. I was going to park the dish aimed at your beacon and 
start recording long term FS levels. I think it would be fascinating to 
see the effects local WX has on the received beacon levels.

I continue to work on my beacon effort and I hope to have one up and 
running on ".350" by late spring. I just need to find an intermediate 
amplifier to take me from ~8 dBm up to 15 dBm to drive this very old 2W 
DEMI that I have.

Thank you again for all you do and for all your help......stay safe es 73

Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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On 1/10/2022 2:23 PM, David DeVos via MiVUS wrote:
> Hello Gedas and Happy New Year!
>
> Unfortunately, it went down in December, and I have to climb a tower 
> to fix it.  So that's not going to happen until this coming Spring.  
> All (4) bands at that location (1.2, 2.3, 5.7, and 10) are on the same 
> power supply, and automated keyer and they are all down.  So that 
> narrows down the problem a bit.
>
> I have moved to a new QTH that is more urban, so all my microwave 
> adventures are going to be done while roving.  I remain committed to 
> being active, but there is very little VHF/UHF/Microwave activity on 
> the West side of Michigan to speak of other than K2YAZ up in Glen Arbor.
>
> 73 and stay active - you are an inspiration!
>
> Dave DeVos - KF8QL
> 616-278-8068 - mobile
>
>
>
> On Monday, January 10, 2022, 12:01:27 PM EST, Gedas <w8bya at mchsi.com> 
> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Dave. Can you please tell me if the Grand rapids 10 GHz beacon is 
> still operating and if so what is it's current freq? Since the Cinci 
> beacon died the only other beacon I might be able to hear under some 
> enhancement is Grand Rapids. I want to do some long term signal 
> plotting of it. TU es 73
>
> -- 
> Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT
>
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