<div dir="ltr">Gedas:<div><br></div><div>The Downeast 3-watter is nominally drivable by 10 dBm, which I think I have from the VHFdesign board.</div><div>Will see.</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Is anybody interested in hosting my (built) (30-W) 1296 beacon? My location is hopeless for it.</div><div><br></div><div>My quite effective 144.288 beacon is shut down until tropo season returns.</div><div><br></div><div>Chuck w8mqw</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 3:58 PM David DeVos via MiVUS <<a href="mailto:mivus@mivus.org">mivus@mivus.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><div dir="ltr">Hi Chuck,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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!</div><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><p> </p><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Dave DeVos - KF8QL EN72ew<br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">616-278-8068 - mobile</div></div><br><p></p></div></div></div>
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<div><div id="gmail-m_1560826887258907745ydpacb4f88ayiv8509932455"><div dir="ltr">Gedas:<div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>There is also a nearby ham with an ideal location on a hill overlooking open farmland to the south. Beautiful clear shot.</div><div><br></div><div>I'll keep you informed.</div><div><br></div><div>Chuck w8mqw</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 2:54 PM Gedas <<a href="mailto:w8bya@mchsi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">w8bya@mchsi.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">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.<br>
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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">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.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">Thank you again for all you do
and for all your help......stay safe es 73</font></font><br>
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Light travels faster than sound....
This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.</pre>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello Gedas and Happy New
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">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
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<div dir="ltr">73 and stay active - you
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<div> On Monday, January 10, 2022, 12:01:27 PM EST, Gedas
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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">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</font></font><br>
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