[VHFcontesting] Sable Island CY0X

[Wa3hmk at aol.com]

Hello all:
 
     I will be travelling to Sable island as part of the CY0X group in late 
June.  We will be QRV on 6 and 2 meters.  One of the objectives of the 2 meter 
station is to explore and tropo or sporadic E paths across the North Atlantic 
to EU.  
    The 2 meter station will have a KW and an antenna of at least 14.4 dbd 
gain.  The radio will be an FT987D (with preamp).  We would like to have a cw 
beacon on the air as much as possible.
     I would like to synch the cw transmissions with a clock (e.g., transmit 
the first half of each minute, listen the last half, transmit the first and 
third 15 secs, listen the 2d and 4th, etc.).  To do this I will have to bring a 
laptop and synch it to a time source, which I believe I can do with 
Dimension4.  I don't know how often we can access the internet, but expect it will be at 
least once a day.
     Here are my questions:
 
    
    1.  What cw program is recommended for use with an FT-897D in this 
fashion?  Can this cw program be set up in a beacon mode, linked to the computer 
clock, to transmit in a given time sequence?
     2. What connection(s) must be made to the FT-897D to accomplish this?  
( I am assuming that the 897 ptt output can be used to trigger the 
amp/preamp.)
    
     Anyone with experience doing something similar to this ccan contact me 
directly.
Thanks and 73.  Chris W3CMP
     
    
  
     



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