Topband: TopBand Beacons

[Michael Keane K1MK]

At 12:59 PM 3/13/06, Greg - ZL3IX wrote:
>I'm surprised that beacons in the US have to be attended.  If this is so,
>how does W6WX get away with it, or are the rules for 160m different?

No, it's the rules for W6WX (NCDXF/IARU Beacon Project) that are 
different.  That station operates under authority of a special 
license that was granted in 1979.

See: http://www.ncdxf.org/Beacon/EarlyHistory.html

73,
Mike K1MK

Michael Keane K1MK
k1mk at alum.mit.edu