[Mich VHF UHF Society] 10 GHz Beacon

Mon Jan 10 15:30:24 CST 2022

 Dave,
I'm a lot higher than MSU, but have a lot of trees in a lot of directions.  Working Gedas from my place isn't easy and I've found working Russ KB8U works if I point my dish at the top of a tall radio tower across I-69 from my place, but direct normally doesn't work.
I also don't have a tall tower either.  But if no other place could be found I think I would be willing to host it, but it sounds like Chuck already has some good ideas.
73,Mark WB8TGY 

    On Monday, January 10, 2022, 03:58:37 PM EST, David DeVos via MiVUS <mivus at mivus.org> wrote:  

 Hi Chuck,
Fellow MSU grad here, and alumni of the MSU radio club in 1977!  A better spot would be at Mark's house WB8TGY which is at a higher altitude!

Dave DeVos - KF8QL EN72ew
616-278-8068 - mobile

    On Monday, January 10, 2022, 03:49:22 PM EST, Chuck MacCluer <maccluer13 at gmail.com> wrote:  

 Gedas:
I now have all the components for a 3-watt beacon (slot, amp, exciter) but have not boxed it up. I'm trying to think of a location. 
Here on the farm is a nonstarter since I'm hopelessly treed in. Maybe I can talk the Mich State Univ AR Club into putting it on the roof of the engineering building. They mounted a 1296 beacon of mine there for years. 
There is also a nearby ham with an ideal location on a hill overlooking open farmland to the south. Beautiful clear shot.
I'll keep you informed.
Chuck w8mqw

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 2:54 PM Gedas <w8bya at mchsi.com> wrote:

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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This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 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

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