Topband: Fish net beacon locations?

Milt, N5IA n5ia at zia-connection.com
Tue Mar 23 21:41:48 PDT 2010


All,

We "rescued" a couple of "flotsam and jetsom" beacons that had washed up on 
shore at Ducie Atoll, VP6DX.  A couple of the more hardened Top Banders in 
the group took them apart and examined them.  Some of the pieces may have 
made their way home as souvenirs.

If anyone wants to see some photos, including closeups of the inards, E-mail 
me directly and I will be glad to send them to you.  These are high 
resolution photos and are quite large in size.  Make sure you have enough 
E-mail space to handle 10 megs or so.

Milt, N5IA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Giacobello" <k2xx at swva.net>
To: "Mike Waters W0BTU" <mrscience65704 at yahoo.com>
Cc: <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: Topband: Fish net beacon locations?


> Does anyone know how much power and what kinds of antennas these beacons
> are using?  They are often quite strong at my QTH.  Just curious.
>
> 73, Joe
> K2XX
>
> Mike Waters W0BTU wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> The other morning, I was listening to the 4OJT beacon on 1818. Strongest 
>> on the SE Beverage.
>>
>> Although they are a nuisance, at least if we knew the locations of some 
>> of them it would let us know where the band was open to.
>>
>> I don't suppose there's a list of the fishnet beacons (or other beacons) 
>> with callsigns and locations, is there?
>>
>> 73,
>> Mike Waters
>> W0BTU
>>
>>
>>
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