Category Archives: Beacons
Fieldcomm status update # 2
The six meter beacon and 220 repeater remain off the air. The 462.600 repeater is running off of batteries that are almost completely dead so consider it unusable. The ten meter beacon and 462.625 repeater have had power restored and … Continue reading
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Current Status of FieldComm systems
Just to update anyone who is interested – both the 28.231 and 50.079.5 MHz beacons are off the air pending restoration of power to their locations. Additionally, the 462.625 MHz repeater is off with an unknown date of return. The … Continue reading
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WA4FC/B 10m beacon report
Sunday, July 24, 2011, 11:35 am [MST] Attention: WA4FC/B 10m beacon report Message: 599 de Cape Girardeau, MO, 1735Z From: Ron, K0MAJ
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WA4FC/B 10m beacon report
Sunday, July 24, 2011, 9:34 am [MST] Attention: WA4FC/B 10m beacon report Message: Hello Fieldcomm, I am hearing your 10 meter beacon here in Memphis, TN this Sunday morning, July 24, 2011. Your RST = 559 with slight QSB. Rig … Continue reading
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WA4FC/B 10m beacon report
Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 12:56 pm [MST] Attention: WA4FC/B 10m beacon report Message: QDL your 28.231 beacon on July 10 in Pittston, Maine. Beacon was 599 at 1255Z 73 Rod From: Rod KA1RFD
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WA4FC/B 10m beacon report
Tuesday, July 12, 2011, 8:40 am [MST] Attention: WA4FC/B 10m beacon report Message: Park Forest Ill 35 miles south of Chicago. 28.230 Mhz. “vvv de wa4fc/b (3 times) FM17 FM17” RST 579 only sig on the beacon band. RX Icom … Continue reading
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WA4FC/B 10m beacon report
Monday, July 11, 2011, 9:23 am [MST] Attention: WA4FC/B 10m beacon report Message: Ur beacon signals received Jun 21 2011 at WB0LXZ, Pittsburg KS EM27pj 9:18am CDT. If you are interested, I can send you a jpg page captured from … Continue reading
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WA4FC/B 10m beacon report
Sunday, July 10, 2011, 7:11 am [MST] Attention: WA4FC/B 10m beacon report Message: I copied: VV DE WA4FC/B WA4FC/B WA4FC/B FM17 FM17 My QTH; Troy, Oakland County, Michigan, Grid locator EN82 Very strong signal this morning, peaking at an S-& … Continue reading
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Six meter beacon heard in Portugal today !
Our six meter beacon on 50.079.5 MHz, WA4FC/B was heard today in a great band opening by CT1HZE. At 1102 Zulu today, Joachim copied our 2 watt signal on a horizontal omni loop from over 3000 miles away. I haven’t … Continue reading
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New recording of 6 meter beacon
Greg Curti, KG4KWW sent along a recording of our 6 meter beacon station on 50.079.5 MHz. He lives in Mechanicsville, VA and heard the transmission on May 22, 2011 around 10:45 in the morning. It’s interesting to know that the … Continue reading
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