[450] Very Strong 70cm Beacon

Thu Dec 20 13:18:41 EST 2012

Yup I ordered one of those earlier too. Huzzah to 2mhz band scopes.
On Dec 20, 2012 12:58 PM, "William Knapp / KC1WJ" <kc1wj at kc1wj.com> wrote:

> I just bought one too. 24 bucks and free shipping....how can you beat that?
>
>
> Quoting chris <cralt at comcast.net>:
>
>  I just ordered one, thanks for the link.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 20, 2012, at 12:11 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ wrote:
>>
>>  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<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.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: 450-bounces at lists.vhfwiki.com [mailto:450-bounces at lists.**
>>>>> vhfwiki.com <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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alright, Alright.....suddenly there is WAY too much technical stuff
>>>>> going on
>>>>> here for us appliance operators!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Good show, Herr Foege!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Merry Holidays to all....guess we won’t be getting together before
>>>>> Xmas, but
>>>>> maybe before the New Year?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Peace and Love to all......and Woody, are you still alive?!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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