[450] Very Strong 70cm Beacon

[William Knapp / KC1WJ]

This one looks good. Comes with everything you need. I think I am  
gonna ask Santa to bring me this for Christmas.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Terratec-RTL-SDR-Radio-USB-Kit-DVB-T-TV-FM-DAB-RTL2832U-E4000-Tuner-PAL-/150964343318?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23262d1216



Quoting David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com>:

> Do an ebay search for e4000 and take your pick.
>
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 9:22 AM, George Andrews <gandrews at ntplx.net> wrote:
>> This is good stuff. The brain, as well as the body requires exercise and
>> stimulation of the intellectual type. As the body turns to mush without
>> exercise, so too does the brain. Anyway we need more technical discussions
>> and talk of glow in the dark radios (reference to recent DX60 etc.
>> discussions).
>>
>>
>>
>> So when does the HF AM net start??? I don’t have an HR10, so I use either
>> the FT950 or Icom 726 for the receive. DX60/HR10B for transmit.
>>
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>> I am also thinking about an SDR using one of those USB dongles. Anyone else
>> explored this to the point of a working model?
>>
>>
>>
>> George
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>> From: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [mailto:450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com]
>> On Behalf Of Rich
>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:10 AM
>>
>>
>> To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>> Subject: Re: [450] Very Strong 70cm Beacon
>>
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>> Alright, Alright.....suddenly there is WAY too much technical stuff going on
>> here for us appliance operators!
>>
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>>
>> Good show, Herr Foege!
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>>
>>
>> Merry Holidays to all....guess we won’t be getting together before Xmas, but
>> maybe before the New Year?
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>> Peace and Love to all......and Woody, are you still alive?!
>>
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>>
>> Richard
>>
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>> From: John Foege
>>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:44 AM
>>
>> To: 450 at lists.vhfwiki.com
>>
>> Subject: Re: [450] Very Strong 70cm Beacon
>>
>>
>>
>> Ok. I did actually manage to figure out a way to get one of those software
>> decoders to decode a WAV file. I guess I just didn't look hard enough
>> before.
>>
>> The text follows:
>>
>> k1iig/b fn31ln
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>> It's loud as hell on 432.200 MHz and only on a teeny tiny little whip going
>> into my SDR.
>>
>> Apparently the guy has got it going into a wheel (?) antenna up @ 450 ft.
>> Now I'm not sure if this is AGL or above sea level...
>>
>> He has got the oscillator for the CW beacon phase locked to some kind of
>> standard. And what's really funny is, I can hear the same beacon on 61 Mhz
>> or so at much reduced SNR. Now, I wonder if this is just some kind of mixing
>> artifact from the SDR or I'm actually hearing his reference signal that he
>> might be transverting to different frequencies. He did say he wants to get
>> up a Ghz beacon soon.
>>
>> Now I'm interested...doing a little radio detective work so to say. I'm sure
>> you all hear him loud and clear on 432.200 Mhz, but is anyone hearing
>> anything around 60-62 Mhz that is the exact same beacon CW string??
>>
>> I'm going to contact him and ask him for some details of his beacon setup.
>> If it turns out he has a 60 Mhz phase locked signal somewhere that he is
>> converting up or down to do his beacon...then I'm going to be laughing my
>> ass off that I can hear it so far away, and I think he'd have to know about
>> it.
>>
>> Anyway...thought I'd ask for some help from the crew in determining what's
>> going on there...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> John
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:46 PM, John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I don't know. I'm working on learning CW though...and I can't find a decent
>> decoder that decodes WAV files...it's all live decoding software...bummer
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:13 PM, David McKenzie <k1fsy at vhfwiki.com> wrote:
>>
>> what does the cw say?
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:09 PM, John Foege <john.foege at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> There is a very, very, very strong signal on 70cm @ 432.20 CW
>>>
>>> Sounds like a beacon...anyone know anything about it?
>>>
>>> 73s W1QEX
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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