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Loggings => 22 Meter Band HiFER Beacons => Topic started by: RVA on January 03, 2022, 1713 UTC

Title: New beacon - RVA 13566.32 khz
Post by: RVA on January 03, 2022, 1713 UTC
CW beacon (RVA = Richmond, VA)

Currently in test mode and will move locations at some point.  Antenna is an end fed dipole at approximately 30 feet above ground.  Reports / comments appreciated. 

**Freq corrected to 13566.32 (originally was .28)

Title: Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
Post by: Finman on January 05, 2022, 1504 UTC
Congrats on getting your beacon on the air. I will give a listen although VA is probably too short of a path to NC... I'll give the remote SDR's a try.

Just an FYI... there is no such thing as an "end fed dipole". "Dipole" means two poles.  A dipole is center fed. A wire fed at the end is just that, an end fed wire. End fed antennas that work against a ground are considered monopoles.



Quote from: RVA on January 03, 2022, 1713 UTC
CW beacon (RVA = Richmond, VA)

Currently in test mode and will move locations at some point.  Antenna is an end fed dipole at approximately 30 feet above ground.  Reports / comments appreciated. 

**Freq corrected to 13566.28 (originally posted wrong)
Title: Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
Post by: Finman on January 05, 2022, 1650 UTC
Hearing RVA right now (16:47) on the KX4AZ/T SDR. Typical fades but Q5 copy at times. Good Job!
Title: Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
Post by: RVA on January 05, 2022, 2039 UTC
Finman, thanks for the first report! 

Yes, a better antenna description would be a resonant half wavelength wire antenna, 49:1 transformer, horizontally polarized oriented east/west.  Ever nicer to be heard in GA. 
Title: Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
Post by: Finman on January 06, 2022, 1423 UTC
Quote from: RVA on January 05, 2022, 2039 UTC
Finman, thanks for the first report! 

Yes, a better antenna description would be a resonant half wavelength wire antenna, 49:1 transformer, horizontally polarized oriented east/west.  Ever nicer to be heard in GA.

Yes GA would be nice but just as a point of interest, the KX4AZ/T SDR is located in Tustin MI. His main QTH is GA.
His MI SDR seems to be a pipeline for weak signals coming from our neck of the woods.
Title: Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
Post by: radiorandy on January 09, 2022, 1801 UTC
17:58 UTC Jan 9 2022 / 12:58 US Eastern time


Receiving "RVA" very loud (RST 579) at times but with typical slow fading in and out. Made brief audio recording.

QTH SE USA / Florida
RX Kenwood TS-590
ANT - ground mounted trap vertical / inverted L array over buried radial field ... or NVIS full size 160M dipole
... de WB9LUR
Title: Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
Post by: RVA on January 10, 2022, 2355 UTC
radiorandy, thanks for the report.  Hope that you will hear it again. 
Title: Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
Post by: radiorandy on January 11, 2022, 0137 UTC
Quote from: RVA on January 10, 2022, 2355 UTC
radiorandy, thanks for the report.  Hope that you will hear it again.

Sent you an email with audio clip of the "RVA" beacon as received here in Florida.