[VHFcontesting] 6M beacon experiment during eclipse

[John Ackermann N8UR]

A 6M beacon will operate from central Ohio on April 8 as part of the 
HamSci (https://hamsci.org) eclipse science program.  The goal is to 
detect propagation effects along the line of the total solar eclipse.

On eclipse day, N8GA will transmit a continuous carrier with CW ID every 
ten minutes and UTC-aligned ticks during part of each minute.  Power 
will be about 100 watts into a horizontally polarized omnidirectional 
antenna.  The frequency is TBD but will be just below 50.080 MHz and 
controlled by a cesium atomic reference with GPSDO as backup.

N8GA is located north of Urbana, Ohio in EN80.  W8EDU (Case Western 
Reserve University ARC, Cleveland, EN91) and N8UR (Dayton, EM79) will be 
monitoring it to detect frequency and amplitude variations.  All three 
stations are in the path of totality.

We'd like reception reports from any others who hear the beacon. 
Information showing changes in frequency or amplitude will be 
particularly valuable.  Please send reports, or any questions, to jra at 
febo dot com.

73,
John N8UR