Later this spring, I plan to run full-weekend a QRP beacon on 20 meters
much like the previous beacons run on 80 and 40 meters.
As a prelude to this, I am planning to run a short test beacon this weekend
on Easter Sunday - March 30 1997.
The purpose of this beacon is to get a feel for how well the power levels
can be heard so I can pick the most effective power levels to use for the
full-weekend beacon that will be run - probably sometime in April.
---------- WA3NNA/B 20 METER QRP TEST BEACON ANNOUNCEMENT -----------
START TIME : 1300 UTC Sunday 30 MAR 1997 (8 AM EST Sunday morning)
END TIME : 0100 UTC Monday 30 MAR 1997 (8 PM EST Sunday evening)
FREQUENCY : 14062 KHz
OUTPUT POWER : Power will cycle though 5 different levels, 2 minutes at
each power level; 4 minutes at the 200 uW level.
------- MINUTES PAST THE HOUR ------ POWER LEVEL
00-02 12-14 24-26 36-38 48-50 2 W
02-04 14-16 26-28 38-40 50-52 200 mW
04-06 16-18 28-30 40-42 52-54 20 mW
06-08 18-20 30-32 42-44 54-56 2 mW
08-12 20-24 32-36 44-48 56-60 200 uW
Each level represents a 10 dB drop from the higher level.
These times should be very accurate, however, keep in mind that
the power level will not change to the next level until the
previous message has finished sending.
LOCATION : Newtown Square PA FM29hx (about 15 miles west of Philadelphia)
MESSAGE : VVV VVV xx MW <4_letter_code_word> DE WA3NNA/B QRP
Sent at aprox 15 WPM. Unique codeword for each power level.
The codeword will be repeated TWICE at the 200 uW level.
ANTENNA : Tri-band rotatable dipole @ 70' oriented for 65/245 degrees.
Nulls off the end will be at 155/335 degrees.
REPORTING : Please send all beacon reports to BEACON@pete.resuba.com
Detailed signal reports, receiver and antenna info, etc are very much
appreciated but PLEASE do not bury your codeword reports inside a lot of
lengthy text. It takes forever to extract the information that way.
So, PLEASE include a separate text block with your report containing the
following information for the lowest power level copied:
YOUR CALL & NAME
YOUR LOCATION
CODEWORD & POWER LEVEL
DATE/TIME
SIGNAL REPORT
Canadian and other DX stations, please send mailing address + long/lat
coordinates of your location.
Certificates acknowledging the lowest power level at which you correctly copy
the codeword will be available following the full weekend beacon session
that will follow. In other words, a separate batch of certificates will not
be run for this beacon session, however, they will be included in the
next batch. This may change depending on the number of reports received.
Please spread the word about this beacon through whatever means available.
OK West Coast and DX, this is your chance to out shine the East Coast
regulars on 80 and 40!
Good luck & 73,
Pete Rossi - WA3NNA QRP-L #459
wa3nna@pete.resuba.com
beacon@pete.resuba.com
PS.. Beacon Certificates from the last beacon sesson on Feb 8-9 should
be in the mail tomorrow (3/26)
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