[VHFcontesting] 222 MHz beacons in the NE (David Olean)

[Ron Rogers]

Yes....the 222.053  K4UHF/B  beacon in EM73 (Snellville, GA) is still on the air.

Ron
WW8RR


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Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 222 MHz beacons in the NE (David Olean)


The only beacon on 222 I hear fairly regularly from my station in EM96df is WA4FC/B  222.060  FM17.

I have occasionally heard K4UHF/B  222.053  EM73.

I have heard both recently so barring a very recent development they are still on the air.




73 Paul AA4ZZ

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



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