Topband: Correction - N2XE Beacon Tribune

[John C Ceccherelli]

<<UPDATE... W1ZC squeeked in at the last minute>>

If you copied AIRY last night... you're RIGHT!

We beat the target netting 32,000 correct receptions per Watt!  Not bad for
250uW.  To put that in perspective the beacon power last night was about
10dB less than the optical output of the average LED.  The legal limit is
now closer to 1 watt than is the beacon output (1500W is +33dBw, 250uW is
-36dBw).

Bill, W4ZV (that's Zed Victor) in North Carolina--548.7 miles away--has
regained the N2XE Beacon Distance RX title at 2,194,800 Miles per Watt!!!
Astonounding!  Paul, N1BUG in Maine, gave him a good run for the money but
being only 351 miles away, he couldn't hang on to the prize.  Not a bad
effort though, Paul netted 1,403,200 Mi/W--and that's with an inverted Vee.

I received 10 reports, 9 copied the code word.  Mostly dipoles and loops
but the record went (again) to a Beverage.  K1VP, Ed in New Hampshire
posted some very interesting rig comparisons and observations while
receiving the beacon (QRP-L).  Check it out, it's great info!

Again, the beacon exciter is an Elecraft K1 which drifts a bit over the
course of the run.  The signal may be +/- 40Hz from 3545.5 KHz.

I will put it on-the-air tonight but not until 0200Z--I need to play in the
Holiday Milliwatt Contest!  So local sunset is out, but sunrise seems to
produce better results anyway.  Power output tonight will be 175uW +/- a
bit.

I'll post an annoucement later today.

Executive Summary:
Call, Name    State    Distance    RST    Comments  (in order of receipt)

KR2Q, Doug       NJ      96mi        569    TS940/halfwave wire
K3ESE, Lloyd     MD    209.3mi   229    MultiPIG+/Loop
K1VP, Ed             NH    178mi       229    AT2/Dipole
N2NC, John        NJ     99mi         119    1000MP/Dipole
W1CSM, Bruce  MA    159mi      319     IC756/Dipole
N1BUG, Paul     ME     350.8mi   339    TS450/inverted Vee
W4ZV, Bill           NC     548.7mi   229    Orion/Beverage
K4ZW, Ken         VA     270.5mi    449    1000MP/Beverage
AL0A, Greg        ME    196mi   no AIRY   Delta II/Loop
W1ZC, Dick       NH     135mi       339     TS850s/Dipole (no copy on
Beverage)

73,

John Ceccherelli