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    <p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">Hi Chuck and HNY. WOW that is
          awesome news. So exciting. I would definitely approach the
          school and see what they say.</font></font></p>
    <font size="+2"><font face="Arial">May I ask what you are using for
        the beacon part (is it one of the Ukrainian boards)? And then
        how are you able to come up to 50 mW which is what I think the
        DEMI's need for 3W. I need a buffer between this weak DEMI and
        the beacon board.</font></font>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/10/2022 3:49 PM, Chuck MacCluer
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        <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
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        <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>
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        <div>There is also a nearby ham with an ideal location on a hill
          overlooking open farmland to the south. Beautiful clear shot.</div>
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        <div>I'll keep you informed.</div>
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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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            <pre cols="72">Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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            <div>On 1/10/2022 2:23 PM, David DeVos via MiVUS wrote:<br>
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                  <div dir="ltr">Hello Gedas and Happy New Year!</div>
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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 in Glen Arbor.</div>
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                  <div dir="ltr">73 and stay active - you are an
                    inspiration!</div>
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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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Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT

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