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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am bidding on one. I will definitely have one soon. Plan is to get it working on VHF and up and see how it plays, then add the MF/HF converter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>George<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> 450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com [mailto:450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>David McKenzie<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 20, 2012 1:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> 144. 450 Mailing List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [450] Very Strong 70cm Beacon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Yup I ordered one of those earlier too. Huzzah to 2mhz band scopes. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Dec 20, 2012 12:58 PM, "William Knapp / KC1WJ" <<a href="mailto:kc1wj@kc1wj.com">kc1wj@kc1wj.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I just bought one too. 24 bucks and free shipping....how can you beat that?<br><br><br>Quoting chris <<a href="mailto:cralt@comcast.net" target="_blank">cralt@comcast.net</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>I just ordered one, thanks for the link.<br><br><br><br>On Dec 20, 2012, at 12:11 PM, William Knapp / KC1WJ wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>This one looks good. Comes with everything you need. I think I am gonna ask Santa to bring me this for Christmas.<br><br><a href="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" target="_blank">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</a><br><br><br><br>Quoting David McKenzie <<a href="mailto:k1fsy@vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">k1fsy@vhfwiki.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Do an ebay search for e4000 and take your pick.<br><br>On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 9:22 AM, George Andrews <<a href="mailto:gandrews@ntplx.net" target="_blank">gandrews@ntplx.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is good stuff. The brain, as well as the body requires exercise and<br>stimulation of the intellectual type. As the body turns to mush without<br>exercise, so too does the brain. Anyway we need more technical discussions<br>and talk of glow in the dark radios (reference to recent DX60 etc.<br>discussions).<br><br><br><br>So when does the HF AM net start??? I don’t have an HR10, so I use either<br>the FT950 or Icom 726 for the receive. DX60/HR10B for transmit.<br><br><br><br>I am also thinking about an SDR using one of those USB dongles. Anyone else<br>explored this to the point of a working model?<br><br><br><br>George<br><br><br><br>From: <a href="mailto:450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450-bounces@lists.vhfwiki.com</a>]<br>On Behalf Of Rich<br>Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 9:10 AM<br><br><br>To: <a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br>Subject: Re: [450] Very Strong 70cm Beacon<br><br><br><br>Alright, Alright.....suddenly there is WAY too much technical stuff going on<br>here for us appliance operators!<br><br><br><br>Good show, Herr Foege!<br><br><br><br>Merry Holidays to all....guess we won’t be getting together before Xmas, but<br>maybe before the New Year?<br><br><br><br><br><br>Peace and Love to all......and Woody, are you still alive?!<br><br><br><br><br><br>Richard<br><br><br><br>From: John Foege<br><br>Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 3:44 AM<br><br>To: <a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><br>Subject: Re: [450] Very Strong 70cm Beacon<br><br><br><br>Ok. I did actually manage to figure out a way to get one of those software<br>decoders to decode a WAV file. I guess I just didn't look hard enough<br>before.<br><br>The text follows:<br><br>k1iig/b fn31ln<br><br>It's loud as hell on 432.200 MHz and only on a teeny tiny little whip going<br>into my SDR.<br><br>Apparently the guy has got it going into a wheel (?) antenna up @ 450 ft.<br>Now I'm not sure if this is AGL or above sea level...<br><br>He has got the oscillator for the CW beacon phase locked to some kind of<br>standard. And what's really funny is, I can hear the same beacon on 61 Mhz<br>or so at much reduced SNR. Now, I wonder if this is just some kind of mixing<br>artifact from the SDR or I'm actually hearing his reference signal that he<br>might be transverting to different frequencies. He did say he wants to get<br>up a Ghz beacon soon.<br><br>Now I'm interested...doing a little radio detective work so to say. I'm sure<br>you all hear him loud and clear on 432.200 Mhz, but is anyone hearing<br>anything around 60-62 Mhz that is the exact same beacon CW string??<br><br>I'm going to contact him and ask him for some details of his beacon setup.<br>If it turns out he has a 60 Mhz phase locked signal somewhere that he is<br>converting up or down to do his beacon...then I'm going to be laughing my<br>ass off that I can hear it so far away, and I think he'd have to know about<br>it.<br><br>Anyway...thought I'd ask for some help from the crew in determining what's<br>going on there...<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>John<br><br>On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:46 PM, John Foege <<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.foege@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>I don't know. I'm working on learning CW though...and I can't find a decent<br>decoder that decodes WAV files...it's all live decoding software...bummer<br><br><br><br>On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:13 PM, David McKenzie <<a href="mailto:k1fsy@vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">k1fsy@vhfwiki.com</a>> wrote:<br><br>what does the cw say?<br><br><br>On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:09 PM, John Foege <<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com" target="_blank">john.foege@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>There is a very, very, very strong signal on 70cm @ 432.20 CW<br><br>Sounds like a beacon...anyone know anything about it?<br><br>73s W1QEX<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>John<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><br><br><br><br><br><br>________________________________<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>450 mailing list<br><a href="mailto:450@lists.vhfwiki.com" target="_blank">450@lists.vhfwiki.com</a><br><a href="http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450" target="_blank">http://lists.vhfwiki.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/450</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>