Jim,
It was very interesting to not you are using a design by a good friend of
mine who I have known for 40 years. He and I have been in the repeater game
for almost that long and he is no longer an active ham. I forwarded you
comments to him. I am sure Ron knows him living in the same town.
Steve
K1IIG
> Jim: I am hearing K2DLL/b 539 on 222.051, and 559 on 1296.300
> tonight, but no sign of the 144.290 beacon here. Congrats on FB new call.
> -73 TNX, Ron WZ1V FN31mp
>
> At 01:06 PM 8/30/2009, Jim McKnight wrote:
>>OM:
>>
>>As of Sunday, 30 Aug. 2009, the WA2UMX beacons on 144.290 MHz,
>>222.050 MHz and 1296.3 MHz are now back on the air sending "K2DLL/B
>>FN23XC". The club changed their callsign from WA2UMX to K2DLL, a
>>founding member of the group. All three are still keyed
>>simultaneously using a design by WA1LMV from a December 1978 QST article.
>>
>>The ERP for the 144 and 1296 should be the same as before, but the
>>222 will be down about 2 db because we have lost one of the stacked
>>"big wheels". Since the building housing the beacons has no
>>temperature control, each beacon may be slightly off frequency. I
>>will check their frequencies as soon as the building cools down to a
>>more reasonable level.
>>
>>Jim K2LM
>>Trustee K2DLL
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