Topband: Beacon Tribune - Mother of all Beacons

[John Ceccherelli]

Last night's code word was UMPH but I also accepted HUMP because it's the 
right letters and hump is a word whereas umph isn't.

Wow, what a great turn-out last night!  71 reports, 26 states and one 
Canadian province.  By the way, we need more western Canadian stations 
reporting in. I know a lot of Canadians are torqued off a the USA right now 
but hey, this is Amateur Radio, let's put that aside.  Besides, I'm one of 
the few Americans that can name all of the Canadian provinces and 
territories with out looking it up.

The beacon made it to a state that has the Pacific Ocean as a border.  Two 
reports from Oregon which also jives very well with VOACAP and Ham CAP.

So N6TR, Larry (or Tree, not sure which he prefers) is the sheer miles DX 
champion at 2434 miles from the beacon.

Let's do it again tonight on 160 meters. Frequency is 1898.5 (sorry Bill, 
she won't tune up in the beacon sub-band). I'll be running 3 watts into the 
FRV.  That may sound like a lot but the FRV heats earthworms more than the 
aether so ERP is probably more like half a watt.  The FRV output on 160 is 
about -6dB compared to its 80 meter performance so the signal should be 
roughly comparable except for greater d-region absorption.

I've added a photo of the FRV with the high-Q 80 meter resonator to the 
beacon page on my website:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4z83c/id2.html
So that's what was spewing the signal last night if you're 
interested.  Tonight's set-up photos are on the fly rod vertical page.

I've organized today's Hall of Fame by state/province to make it easier to 
find stuff.  Hopefully the spacing won't get all screwed up...

AB9CA	DAVE	AL		K2/ATTIC DIPOLE
AJ4AY	JAY	AL		K2/WIRE
WD5R	MARLENE	AR	EM45	1000MP/BEVERAGE
AK7Y	GREG	AZ		ZEPP
K0EU	RANDY	CO	DM79	1000D/BEVERAGE
W4FOA	TONY	GA	EM74	OMNI 6/INV L
W4FOA	TONY	GA	EM74	OMNI 6/INV L
K9HDE	JOE	IL	EN61	TR-7/K9AY
KB9ZUV	GARY	IN	EN70	SLOPER
KR9U	JAMES	IN	EN71	765
K3ESE	LLOYD	MD	FM19	MULTI-PIG/LOOP
KB3KJS	JOE	MD	FM19	TS2000/INV L
AL0A	GREG	ME	FN43	DELTA II/LOOP
K1FZ	BRUCE	ME	FN45	FT990/BEVERAGE
K8FE	KARL	MI		ZEPP
K8GG		MI	EN72	1000MP/PHASED BEV
K8GT	GERRY	MI	EN82	TS850/G5RV
NA8M	JOHN	MI	EN72	K2/ZEPP
W8VNZ	MARK	MI		706/LOOP
W8VXH	JIM	MI	EN83	570/BEVERAGE
K0SR	STEVE	MN	EN34	1000D/4-SQUARE
N0IM	DICK	MN	EN36	OMNI 6/SHUNT FED TOWER
KNZTV	KENT	MO	EM38	FT897/OCD
W0CH	DAVE	MO	EM26	K2/DIP
W7LR	BOB	MT		BEVERAGE
K8AC	FLOYD	NC	FMO5	781/BEVERAGE
W4ZV	BILL	NC	EM95	ORION/BEVERAGE
W1FMR	JIM	NH		DELTA/INV U ENDFED
N2NT	ANDY	NJ	FN20	"SONY ICF2002/17"" WHIP"
N5UL	CHARLES	NM	DM82	ORION/BEVERAGE
K2HK	HOWARD	NY	FN22	MK-V/BEVERAGE
K2ZN	AL	NY	FN13	OMNI V/VERTICAL
N2WK	WAYNE	NY	FN31	746/80 LOOP
WA2UUK	HARV	NY	FN12	1000D/INV L
K22JAV	BOB	OH	EM79	K2/OCD
K8ND	JEFF	OH	EN80	1000MP/INV L
N8RN	ROY	OH	EM79	TS570/RANDOM WIRE
N8WS	BILL	OH		FT817/DELTA LOOP
NU8D    Tom     OH
NZ8J	TIM	OH		ARGO v/DIPOLE
WI5A	LARRY	OH	EN70	1000MP/BEVERAGE
VA3NR	CHRIS	ON	EN82	MK-V/INV L AND BUTTERNUT
VE3CSK	BILL	ON	EN93	756/BEVERAGE
VE3LOH	LARRY	ON		706/40M DIPOLE
VE3MGY	BRIAN	ON	FN03	756/BEVERAGE
AA7U	STEVE	OR	DN15	R-75/K9AY
N6TR	TREE	OR	CN85	BEVERAGE
K3SWZ	GLENN	PA	FN10	1000MP/INV V
K3UL	BOB	PA	FN11	746/PHASED VERTICALS
KF3B	ALAN	PA		1000D/BEVERAGE
N3NA	NICK	PA	FN20	765/LOOP
W3BBO	BOB	PA	FNO2	K2/VERTICAL
AA4H	CARL	TN	EM86	OMNI 6/K9AY
K8EJ	STEVE	TN	EM75	1000MP/BEVERAGE
W6UB	LARRY	TN	EM75	ORION/BEVERAGE
WS4S	CONARD	TN	EM76	
K5AQ	DON	TX	EM10	BEVERAGE
K5BG	BOB	TX	EM12	1000D/BEVERAGE
K5TR	GEORGE	TX	EM00	TS850/SLOPER
N5TY	KENT	TX	EM12	MK-V/BEVERAGE
W0UO	JIM	TX	EM12	765/4-SQUARE
W5EMC	BOB	TX	EM10	756/OCD
W5UN	DAVE	TX	EM23	1000D/BEVERAGE
WA5ZJK	GLENN	TX	EM04	FT847/G5RV
W4EDS	ED	VA	EM96	746/ZEPP
W4TJ	BILL	VA	FM08	1000MP/INV V
W4WWQ	PETE	VA	FM07	G5RV
WA4PGM	KYLE	VA	FM07	1000MP/DIPOLE
N9NE	TODD	WI		K2/DOUBLET
N4ZR	PETE	WV	FM19	MK-V/LOOP
W8UVZ	GEORGE	WV	EN72	1000D/BEV ARRAY


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