[TenTec] Orion record

[n4lq]

Yea. I saw it this morning on QRZ. Saw it on Eham.net 2 days ago.


-----Original Message-----
From: John Sheeley <wb4qda at yahoo.com>
To: tentec at contesting.com
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 07:53:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [TenTec] Orion  record

> I just found this POSTING  on QRZ.COM
> Bill Tippett, W4ZV, of New London, NC correctly copied
> code word OMAHA from the N2XE beacon transmitting with
> a peak carrier power of .0000406 watts at 3.5455 MHz
> on the 80 meter Amateur Radio band. Bill confirmed
> reception of the beacon at 2328Z, January 2, 2005. The
> precise distance between the two stations is 546.8
> miles, establishing Bill's record reception distance
> at 13,467,980 miles per watt. Tippett used a Ten Tec
> Orion Transceiver with a 1000 foot Beverage antenna
> (named after Dr. Harold Beverage who invented it in
> the 1920s). 
> 
> The N2XE beacon transmits from an Elecraft K1 (heavily
> attenuated) using an 80 meter off-center fed dipole,
> 45 feet AGL (above ground level). The beacon peak
> carrier output was measured using an Agilent 8563EC
> Spectrum Analyzer at 40.6 uW (40 millionths of a
> watt). The beacon transmits a unique code word each
> evening. Receiving stations are required to correctly
> copy the code word in their report. The word is
> published the following morning. 
> 
> The N2XE Beacon Project was started in December, 2004
> by Paul Stroud, AA4XX, Raleigh, NC and John
> Ceccherelli, N2XE, Wappingers Falls, NY with the goal
> of having a little fun and to go where no diminutive
> signal has gone before. Beacon times and frequencies
> are posted daily on the QRP-L reflector
> www.kkn.net/archives/html/QRP-L. Tests will continue
> on 160, 80 and 40 meters through the end of February
> 2005. 
> 
> Commenting on his remarkable success, Bill said "I've
> spent 25 years on 80 & 160 listening to below noise
> level signals. There are at least three factors to
> this stuff: Antennas with good signal to noise like
> Beverages, a good receiver and the knowledge to use it
> and an operator with good ears and knowledge of
> propagation--not to mention patience and persistence."
> 
> 
> Beacon station operator John Ceccherelli, N2XE, seemed
> more exited than Tippett about the achievement, even
> though it requires almost no effort on his part. "Hey,
> I have to flip the switch, grab a beer and go watch
> TV—that’s effort" he's reported saying, adding “I’m
> thrilled the record was set by an all-American team
> using all-American equipment.” The Ten Tec receiver is
> manufactured in Severville, TN and the Elecraft
> transmitter is produced in California and offered as a
> kit 
> 
> 73
> John wb4qda
> 
> 
> 
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