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Offline RVA

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New beacon - RVA 13566.32 khz
« 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)

« Last Edit: January 16, 2022, 0222 UTC by RVA »

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Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
« Reply #1 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.



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)
« Last Edit: January 05, 2022, 1848 UTC by Finman »

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Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
« Reply #2 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!
« Last Edit: January 06, 2022, 2149 UTC by Finman »

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Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
« Reply #3 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. 

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Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2022, 1423 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.
« Last Edit: January 06, 2022, 2150 UTC by Finman »

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Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
« Reply #5 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.

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Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2022, 2355 UTC »
radiorandy, thanks for the report.  Hope that you will hear it again. 

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Re: New beacon - RVA 13566.28 khz
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2022, 0137 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.
Kenwood TS-590 / Multiband vertical antenna over
buried radial field plus numerous boat anchors and
portables with an evolving array of wire antennas.

I also host the "Radio New Music" show on WBCQ's Radio Angela Shortwave

email: randywithford@yahoo.com

... de WB9LUR in N Florida