Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread QRP Labs
Frank, Dave, all Jim AB3CV referred somewhat cryptically to my website http://www.hanssummers.com yesterday in this thread. What he I think *meant* to refer to was QRP Labs Ultimate3S "U3S" transmitter kit page http://qrp-labs.com/ultimate3/u3s . WSPR Lite does only WSPR and does not include a

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Jim - N4ST
. 73, Jim - N4ST -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Jim Brown Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 21:35 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons On 7/1/2018 7:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > When 6 meters opens

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Jim Brown
On 7/1/2018 7:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always pop up in the low end of the band. We could use a lot more of these during sporadic-E seasons. Only if they are clean and don't give grief to neighbors, and I've heard some

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Martin
Elecrafters, from the point of view of a european 6m user, the main activity is in the range of 50.080 - 50.110 CW and 50.110 - 50.200 phone. If the band is REALLY crowded, it etxtends to - say- 50.300. Nowadays there are digital modes above 50.250 or so including FT8 on 50.313 . Below

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Dave Cole (NK7Z)
- Original Message - From: "Dave Cole (NK7Z)" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 4:07:05 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons That is a good suggestion, someone in EU has something like that for WSPR. Little box that is self conta

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Fred Jensen
WB6JJJ? 73, Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV DM09dn Washoe County On 7/1/2018 8:52 AM, Charlie T wrote: And yes, when I moved to Virginia I held a secondary location call, WA4LJQ (could it get much longer for CW?), with k3ICH still assigned to my parents house in Forestville MD where I was

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Peter Torry via Elecraft
May I raise a word of caution and suggest that you carefully consider the frequency of any beacon in view of the international use of the band.  50.000-50.030 MHz reserved for a Synchronised Beacon Project *Region-1: *50.000-50.010; *Region-2: *50.010-50.020; *Region-3: *50.020-50.030  

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread G4GNX
https://www.sotabeams.co.uk/ 73, Alan. G4GNX -Original Message- From: Dave Cole (NK7Z) Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 5:07 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons That is a good suggestion, someone in EU has something like

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread donovanf
W3LPL - Original Message - From: "Dave Cole (NK7Z)" To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2018 4:07:05 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons That is a good suggestion, someone in EU has something like that for WSPR. Little box th

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Wayne Burdick
I heard from a couple of ops that the weak-signal community would prefer beacons be located higher in the band, say above 50.150. According to published references I’ve seen, beacons reside from 50.060-50.090, and that is where I have found them (for many years). If this is a problem, someone

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Dave Cole (NK7Z)
I have a script that announces openings, based on scraping my DX Cluster. If it sees DX stations spotting US stations from my CQ zone, it announces that band as open. I am converting it to Grid square, as I want more resolution. I will probably just look at the first two characters of the

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Dave Cole (NK7Z)
That is a good suggestion, someone in EU has something like that for WSPR. Little box that is self contained, does CW ID, and then does WSPR. About the size of a candy bar. 73s and thanks, Dave NK7Z https://www.nk7z.net On 07/01/2018 08:33 AM, Walter Underwood wrote: Hmm, sounds like a

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Tommy
  Hi Wayne and list, You could also monitor 6m FT8, this is another good propagation indicator as well. Then jump back on CW. 73! Tom - KB2SMS On 07/01/2018 10:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always pop up in the low

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Charlie T
Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of Wayne Burdick Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 10:33 AM To: Elecraft Reflector Subject: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always pop up in the low end of the band

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Jim Miller
http://www.hanssummers.com/ 73 jim ab3cv On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 11:34 AM Walter Underwood wrote: > Hmm, sounds like a good idea for a kit… > > wunder > K6WRU > Walter Underwood > CM87wj > http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > > > On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > > >

Re: [Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Walter Underwood
Hmm, sounds like a good idea for a kit… wunder K6WRU Walter Underwood CM87wj http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jul 1, 2018, at 7:32 AM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always > pop up in the low end of the band. We

[Elecraft] Proposed: more 6 meter CW beacons

2018-07-01 Thread Wayne Burdick
When 6 meters opens up, a few low-power CW beacons I’ve never heard always pop up in the low end of the band. We could use a lot more of these during sporadic-E seasons. If you have a 6-meter-capable QRP rig gathering dust and an antenna to put it on, you might consider joining in. In addition