You might try moving the beacon to a lower frequency. K1GHZ (NH microwave
club) put a beacon and then a repeater on 1290.1 on Mt. Uncanoonic in
Manchester NH and Haystack didn't have a problem...but they did discuss it.
If we bumped up the power, we have to move lower....we're considering
changing to a 12 MHz split with output on 1282.1.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Parsons" <esparsons@lucent.com>
To: <microwave@wa1mba.org>; <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>;
<newsvhf@mailman.qth.net>; <vhf@w6xy.stanford.edu>
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:02 PM
Subject: [Mw] K1TR/B 23cm beacon turned off
>
>
> Within 48 hours of turning up the new K1TR/B on 1296.300 in
> Derry, NH, I got a phone call from Chief Engineer at the Millstone
> Hill Observatory (Haystack Obs.) in Westford, MA. This would
> turn out to be the first (and last) signal report I would receive for this
> beacon. The good news: they are hearing it loud and clear!
>
> The bad news:
> The engineer indicated that the signal was impacting the
> observatory's capability to track satellites in certain directions,
> and that the recipient of the satellite tracking information, the US
> Air Force, would not be pleased. Their radar takes up 8 MHz, centered
> at 1295.0 MHz, with the antenna being an 80 foot dish. My beacon is
> less than 30 miles LOS from the observatory site. Hams in this part
> of New England could argue that we don't need another beacon; we can all
> hear the 3 MegaWatt Millstone signal when they fire up. Of course the
> problem is you don't know when they will transmit and the signal intensity
> varies considerably.
>
> So the 23cm beacon is off the air while the companion 33 cm beacon
continues
> unabated (signal reports are still appreciated for this one).
>
> Anybody have a good UHF site more than 50 miles from Westford but still in
> New England, and would be willing to host the beacon, drop me a line.
>
> Ed, K1TR, FN42IU
>
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