[Fourlanders] Beacon hunt today at 3PM

[Tom McElroy]

The launch is delayed until a spare copter battery is charged.  I say
3:15.  Thanks for your patience, and enjoy the Steeler game in the meantime.

73
Tom
W4SDR

On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Tom McElroy <tommcelroy.mail at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello folks,
> At 3PM today, I'm sending up a weak beacon at 433.900MHz +/- a few KHz.
> See the vid here:
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/W4SDR.mail/2014BalloonSatBeacons2?authkey=Gv1sRgCIzqoaur_4CM2QE#slideshow/60641609550367618
>
> My hexacopter only runs for 5-10 minutes at a time, so please be patient,
> and let me deal with the problems I'll certainly encounter.
> Hopefully it won't rain on me, you or the copter.
>
> This beacon is intentionally weak.  But you might pick it up once I get it
> high in the air.
> If you can receive CW or USB, you'll hear the true annoying tone of the
> beacon.
>
> If you have a chinaman HT that is FM only, you can hear it on FM as a
> carrier interruption.
> But the cliff-effect of FM will limit your range.  Open the squelch, it
> might help.
>
> I hope to have an HT tuned to the .15 machine so we can chat.
> But be aware that I will have my hands full and won't be able to talk at
> times.
>
> So aim your antennae towards Sawnee Mountain, and let me know if you hear
> anything.
>
> 73
> Tom
> W4SDR
>
>
>
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