Tree wrote:
> I will be putting up a beacon that runs during the dark hours that alternates
> between 1800.5 and 1999.5 KHZ. It is running about 20 watts. The callsign
> is K7RAT.
>
K2 with IF fed into softrock 6.2 lite using Rocky to see signal strengths.
I used a Hi-Q 5/160 @ 20 feet for my receive antenna
so it takes about 10 sec to re-tune to the other band edge.
I first tried using my TS-450 but with the QSB as an added confusion factor, I
was unable to use the Smeter on the TS-450 to tell which was stronger, that is
why I switched to the K2/Softrock/Rocky combination so I could easily see the
changes in signal strength in db on the screen.
1124z -30min sunrise 1800.5 stronger by 10db on QSB peaks
1137z -17min sunrise 1999.5 stronger by 5db on QSB peaks
1143z -10min sunrise 1999.5 about same on QSB peaks
1147z -6min sunrise 1800.5 stronger by 5db on QSB peaks
1150z -3min sunrise 1999.5 stronger by 5db on QSB peaks
1153z sunrise
1155z +2min sunrise 1999.5 stronger by 5db on QSB peaks
1158z +5min sunrise 1800.5 still seen on QSB peaks
1159z +6min sunrise 1999.5 gone on both frequencys
summation for me,
to close to tell on the Rocky screen.
by ear, due to a 5-8db higher noise floor on 1800.5mhz,
1999.5mhz was always the better copy.
at best signals peaked at 15-20db over the noise floor.
ymmv
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GB & 73
KA5OAI
Sam Morgan
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