[Mich VHF UHF Society] KF8QL/B 10 GHz into EN70 VIA Tropo

[Gedas]

Hi David, oh my gosh please do not take it down. Beacons serve so many 
functions. So many of the uW community build up their own transverters 
or antennas or LNA's and need a signal source to test out their setup.

Plus, like in my case, because I am a home station with the dish that is 
tower mounted your beacon allows me to fine tune my rotator. That is SO, 
SO important esp when our dish antennas have a beam width of only a 
couple of degrees. I now have my rotor fine-tuned and when I sked with 
someone far away & I need my dish pointing at some azimuth I am 100% 
confident I am pointing the right way. If I were off 5 degrees I would 
never know he even existed ! TU for keeping it up. Lots more people use 
it than unfortunately acknowledge. I enjoy letting beacon owners know 
what fine signals their setups have. TU again !  73

Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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On 7/24/2022 12:42 PM, Dave DeVos via MiVUS wrote:
> Thank you so much for this note, and your audio file! It’s so much fun 
> to hear that the beacon is getting out, and that people are hearing 
> it. Sometimes I think about taking those down because I rarely get 
> signal reports on the higher bands. But you have made me feel like 
> leaving them up. Thank you again.
>
> 73,
>
> David DeVos
> KF8QL
> Cell 616-278-8068
>
>
>> On Jul 24, 2022, at 9:26 AM, Gedas <w8bya at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>> The other night/early morning around 1 AM I noticed a decent red blob 
>> on APRS so I turned the 10 GHz dish towards the KF8QL/B. It blew me 
>> out of my chair. Signal was peaking S9+10 dB (on an honest, accurate 
>> s-meter). DX is about 240 km (149 miles). Enclosed is a brief WAV 
>> file. 73
>>
>> Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT
>>
>> Gallery athttp://w8bya.com
>> Light travels faster than sound....
>> This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
>> <KF8QL-Tropo-1-7-23-2022 1 14 50 AM.wav>
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