[VHFcontesting] 222 MHz beacons in the NE

[David Olean]

I have been lamenting the passing of Steve K1IIG. In addition to being a 
very cool guy, he had some very effective beacons running in FN31. The 
222 beacon was far enough away to give a good indication that my gear 
was working OK.  Since that beacon went QRT, I only have the K2DLL 
beacon in FN23 to listen to. It is 25 to 30dB above the noise, so that 
is good, but I miss having something audible to the SW. In the past, the 
W3CCX beacon was always copyable up here, but lately I hear nothing from 
that area.

It has been a longtime since I copied K3CX/b down in Philly. I found it 
on 222.0528 or so.  I heard that W3CCX is gone. Their 222 beacon was a 
powerhouse up here and was a great band indicator.

So my question is what are the beacons on the air today on 222? My list was:

K1IIG/b in FN31  222.060   QRT now
K2DLL FN23        222.0492    30 dB typical in summer.
W2UTH    FN12    222.0503    very weak fades in and out.
KO1I/b in FN44   loud here
K3CX/b   FM29     222.0528           not heard in a long time. Is it 
still operating?
WA4FC/b      FM17   222.060               Only audible during tropo 
openings.
VE2FUT  FN25  222.280 (?)         20-25 dB out of noise  NW beam heading


So, I only hear four beacons at the present time and none of them are SW 
towards the activity areas.  Any beacons that I am missing?

73

Dave K1WHS