[Fourlanders] 6 meter beacon

[Rogers, Ron]

Gordon, 

To expand on Jim's comment, suggest you begin by viewing the K9MU beacon map. From here you can view the latest updated 6 meter beacon locations around the South east.  There is also a 10 meter beacon running from Stone Mountain.
  
http://www.k9mu.com/map/

Next, suggest you take a look at the SVHFS beacons reference. As you can see, WA4IOB already operates beacons for 144, 222, & 432 MHz within the Atlanta area.
http://www.svhfs.org/beacons.html

A comment about surplus commercial (and amateur) "FM Only" radios as beacon transmitters>  
Their circuitry is not designed for "soft" CW on-off keying the way other multi-mode transceivers are. And, you cannot simply do on-off keying to the radio without tremendous chirp and "key clicks" due to oscillator stability challenges. 

We have already had 1 or 2 persons attempt to build beacons doing it that way and they created wide band interference problems for other hams.  Those that are technically capable of understanding the circuitry in the FM radios, the proper test equipment, and understand what it would take to modify the radios for "soft keying" can certainly have a go of it, but it's not an simple thing to accomplish with most commercial FM transceivers.

Suggest you keep an eye out for an older 6 meter multi-mode rig that maybe has problems with the RX section but the transmitter section still works.

Hope this helps a bit........

Ron 
WW8RR 


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From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com [fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Worsham [wa4kxy at bellsouth.net]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 1:11 PM
To: 'Gordon Macie'; fourlanders at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Fourlanders] 6 meter beacon

There isn't a 6 meter beacon in Atlanta/North Georgia that I am aware of.
Others on the list would know more about converting commercial radios to
beacons than I would.

73
Jim, W4KXY


It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart
you are.  If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong.
Richard P. Feynman

-----Original Message-----
From: fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:fourlanders-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Macie
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:44 AM
To: fourlanders at contesting.com
Subject: [Fourlanders] 6 meter beacon

What beacons are copiable 24 /7 from metro Atlanta ?..

I am interested in putting up a 6 meter beacon. A site is pretty much lined
up. Would appreciate some input on a good transmitter to use for low $$ but
reliable. GE or Motorola commercial radio that could be moded for cw would
be nice. I have a cw id board in my junk box. May also be interested in a 2
meter beacon but there maybe be a conflict on the site I have in mind.

Gordon N4LR



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