OT: the cheapest way to build a six meter beacon
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OT: the cheapest way to build a six meter beacon
 
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Hello Elecrafters,
The VR2SIX 6m beacon has been down for some time because the gears have been used over 20 years and beyond repair. Local radio club (HARTS) is finding a way to build up a 6m beacon again but with very limited funds. The beacon requirement could be a simple 5W transmitter sending out CWID of VR2SIX. If you are aware of any useful information, please send me the relevant web link or sources of information. Thanks for your help in advance and please reply off-the-list. 73 Johnny VR2XMC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
Re: OT: the cheapest way to build a six meter beacon
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I have been looking at a beacon controller using the Arduaino micro processor with an external RF unit, just a 3 to 5 watt QRP CW rig and a simple ground plane antenna. Have you looked at this possibility? Looks to be about a $200 deal to me. I am looking to build one for here, maybe we could duplicate a design and cooperate to build two.
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS From: Johnny Siu <[hidden email]> To: Elecraft <[hidden email]> Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2015 5:57 AM Subject: [Elecraft] OT: the cheapest way to build a six meter beacon Hello Elecrafters, The VR2SIX 6m beacon has been down for some time because the gears have been used over 20 years and beyond repair. Local radio club (HARTS) is finding a way to build up a 6m beacon again but with very limited funds. The beacon requirement could be a simple 5W transmitter sending out CWID of VR2SIX. If you are aware of any useful information, please send me the relevant web link or sources of information. Thanks for your help in advance and please reply off-the-list. 73 Johnny VR2XMC ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Many modern day radios can be made into beacons with their built in
memory keyers. I used an FT-897 as a beacon in Montana when I lived there. You have to turn the power down of course and it is over kill but it was simple. Mike W0MU On 3/1/2015 9:59 AM, WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft wrote: > I have been looking at a beacon controller using the Arduaino micro processor with an external RF unit, just a 3 to 5 watt QRP CW rig and a simple ground plane antenna. Have you looked at this possibility? Looks to be about a $200 deal to me. I am looking to build one for here, maybe we could duplicate a design and cooperate to build two. > Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS > From: Johnny Siu <[hidden email]> > To: Elecraft <[hidden email]> > Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2015 5:57 AM > Subject: [Elecraft] OT: the cheapest way to build a six meter beacon > > Hello Elecrafters, > The VR2SIX 6m beacon has been down for some time because the gears have been used over 20 years and beyond repair. Local radio club (HARTS) is finding a way to build up a 6m beacon again but with very limited funds. The beacon requirement could be a simple 5W transmitter sending out CWID of VR2SIX. > If you are aware of any useful information, please send me the relevant web link or sources of information. > Thanks for your help in advance and please reply off-the-list. > 73 > Johnny VR2XMC > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
Re: OT: the cheapest way to build a six meter beacon
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Hi Jonny,
you could not get it cheaper and the U3s works like a charme. http://www.hanssummers.com/ultimate3/u3s.html 73 de Hajo Gruss Hajo --- ... indessen wandelt harmlos droben das Gestirn On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 6:11 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <[hidden email]> wrote: > Many modern day radios can be made into beacons with their built in memory > keyers. > > I used an FT-897 as a beacon in Montana when I lived there. You have to > turn the power down of course and it is over kill but it was simple. > > Mike W0MU > > > On 3/1/2015 9:59 AM, WILLIS COOKE via Elecraft wrote: >> >> I have been looking at a beacon controller using the Arduaino micro >> processor with an external RF unit, just a 3 to 5 watt QRP CW rig and a >> simple ground plane antenna. Have you looked at this possibility? Looks to >> be about a $200 deal to me. I am looking to build one for here, maybe we >> could duplicate a design and cooperate to build two. >> Willis 'Cookie' Cooke,TDXS Contest Chairman K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS >> From: Johnny Siu <[hidden email]> >> To: Elecraft <[hidden email]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2015 5:57 AM >> Subject: [Elecraft] OT: the cheapest way to build a six meter beacon >> Hello Elecrafters, >> The VR2SIX 6m beacon has been down for some time because the gears have >> been used over 20 years and beyond repair. Local radio club (HARTS) is >> finding a way to build up a 6m beacon again but with very limited funds. >> The beacon requirement could be a simple 5W transmitter sending out CWID of >> VR2SIX. >> If you are aware of any useful information, please send me the relevant >> web link or sources of information. >> Thanks for your help in advance and please reply off-the-list. >> 73 >> Johnny VR2XMC >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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