wayne burdick wrote:
In that case, you now hold the record for copying an unamplified XG3
beacon :)
The previous record was 1/4 mile or so.
Wayne
I hope you realize that 1000 microwatts (1 mW or 0 dBm) is very QRO in the
world of weak signal beacons. Try 27 microwatts at a
I may put one up in here in WI when I get my alternative other side of the
house coax line installed. Might as well use the XG3 near 100% of the time.
Line loss could be a detrimental factor, but I do have.75 heliax to help.
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
-Original Message-
We need more beacons :)
Wayne,
You have now thrown the gauntlet!
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
-Original Message-
In that case, you now hold the record for copying an unamplified XG3 beacon
:)
The previous record was 1/4 mile or so.
Wayne
On Jun 21, 2011, at 6:46 PM, K7WIA wrote:
per Google Earth, I am 18.42 miles
I think stacked and phased 20 element Yagi-Udas will get me the title at
150 miles!! How much aluminum can one put into the sky?
Kevin. KD5ONS
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:40:45 -0700, Bill K9YEQ k9...@live.com wrote:
Wayne,
You have now thrown the gauntlet!
73,
Bill
K9YEQ
I know a guy in Minnesota with a ton of hard line on a very tall tower. I
think his 6m antenna is attached part way up the side at about 1000 feet.
I think you may want to convince him to add an XG3 beacon on that hardline
during his off hours. Or raise the 6m loop up a bit and put it at
After corresponding with Wayne a little today, I have my XG3 running a
0dBm into a Parr 6M stressed Moxon aimed South at about 45' agl, CN87xo,
just east of Seattle. The frequency set on the XG3 is 50.025MHz, my
K3/10 thinks it is a little lower but not by much. The XG3 is set to
send 5
Nothing heard yet. How far below 50.025 does your K3 hear it?
Kevin. KD5ONS CN85jq
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:48:15 -0700, Doug Phillips w7...@msn.com wrote:
After corresponding with Wayne a little today, I have my XG3 running a
0dBm into a Parr 6M stressed Moxon aimed South at about 45'
I have scanned from 50.020 to 50.030 on both my 6 meter horizontal loop
and on my G5RV. No signals at all except for one birdie.
Kevin. KD5ONS CN85jq
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:48:15 -0700, Doug Phillips w7...@msn.com wrote:
After corresponding with Wayne a little today, I have my XG3
Hello Kevin,
Trust that all is well with you.
It crossed my mind that if your QTH is off the back of Doug's W7RDP/B Moxon
and you are some distance apart, you might not hear his XG3 beacon because
of the large f/b ratio that is typical of a Moxon. For example one of my
wire 40m beams was a
Also, at 0 dBm power output, his XG3 may only be audible to fairly
close stations unless there's a serious band opening.
Wayne
N6KR
On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:21 PM, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy wrote:
Hello Kevin,
Trust that all is well with you.
It crossed my mind that if your QTH is off the
I should be line of sight to Seattle. I know I am south of it and he is
using a gain antenna. Do you think he will reach beyond the outskirts of
Seattle?
Kevin.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:26:00 -0700, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com
wrote:
Also, at 0 dBm power output, his XG3 may
Do we have any experts at path-loss calculations (over typical
Seattlian terrain) on the list?
Wayne
N6KR
On Jun 21, 2011, at 3:34 PM, Kevin Rock wrote:
I should be line of sight to Seattle. I know I am south of it and
he is using a gain antenna. Do you think he will reach beyond the
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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 3:21 PM
To: Kevin Rock
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
Hello Kevin,
Trust
No expert here, but a little scratch-pad geometry suggests that, assuming
the Seattle station is at sea level (which Seattle is typically), Kevin's
mountain would have to be at least 3500 feet ASL for just line of sight.
Probably need to add 20% to that to clear the Fresnel zone.
One the coast
I am at one half the required altitude. Guess I'll wait for reports of Es
and then try again. Now that the frequency is in memory and the loop is
reattached things will go more quickly.
Kevin. KD5ONS
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:01:40 -0700, Ron D'Eau Claire r...@cobi.biz wrote:
No
Not an expert Wayne, but earned my $ calculating path loss at HF up to
microwave during point-to-pont, mobile and relay systems design back then
using the classic 4/3 Earth Radius approach at VHF-Microwave. Unfortunately
my relevant data is packed, but I understand that the path between Kevin
I am 18.42 miles NW of the beacon, per Google Earth.
no sig detected yet...but as night falls and band noise drops we might have
a chance.
my location is north Seattle between I5 Hwy99 on 145th
I am at 475 ft asl...7 el LFA at 55ft..K3 of course..
Ed K7WIA CN87TR
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Perhaps someone with a mobile 6-m rig will drive by.
Wayne
N6KR
On Jun 21, 2011, at 4:38 PM, K7WIA wrote:
I am 18.42 miles NW of the beacon, per Google Earth.
no sig detected yet...but as night falls and band noise drops we
might have
a chance.
my location is north Seattle between I5
Dense stands of trees no longer exist on my mountain. Many, many square
miles of timber have been clearcut in the last ten years. Now I can see
for a very long way :)
Kevin.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:37:27 -0700, Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy
gm4...@btinternet.com wrote:
Not an expert
I'm watching this with great interest and anticipation from EM12jq!
73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:48:15 -0700, Doug Phillips w7...@msn.com wrote:
After corresponding with Wayne a little today, I have my XG3 running a
We need more beacons :)
Wayne
On Jun 21, 2011, at 4:51 PM, n...@n5ge.com wrote:
I'm watching this with great interest and anticipation from EM12jq!
73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:48:15 -0700, Doug Phillips
Next year in the early spring or summer KC5DRE and I will be going through that
part of the world after attending a family reunion at Tahoe. Maybe we will hear
it on our way up to Washington State
73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member
On Tue, 21 Jun
Make a 100 milliwatt model XG3 :-)
73,
Jack VK4JRC
Sent from my iPad
On 22/06/2011, at 9:57 AM, Wayne Burdick n...@elecraft.com wrote:
We need more beacons :)
Wayne
On Jun 21, 2011, at 4:51 PM, n...@n5ge.com wrote:
I'm watching this with great interest and anticipation from
I will post this on the PNWVHF reflector and see if we can get some east side
guys to take a check.
I would like to know just what the real Freq of the beacon is, Ill keep a
eye out for it using spectran...
Ed K7WIA CN87TR
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I can detect the beacon using WSJT9, but I can not hear it in the speaker,
The freg I have for zero beat in CW-REV is 50.02576. and I should be close,
calibrated w/ sprectran w/WWV
I see a 20 second line on the waterfall every 60 seconds and have been for
the last 15 minutes.
my K3 does not
How far are you from W7RDP?
On Jun 21, 2011, at 6:10 PM, K7WIA wrote:
I can detect the beacon using WSJT9, but I can not hear it in the
speaker,
The freg I have for zero beat in CW-REV is 50.02576. and I should
be close,
calibrated w/ sprectran w/WWV
I see a 20 second line on the
Wayne,
After noting the mention of using WSJT to detect the beacon (and since you
obviously would like to encourage the use of XG3s in beacon service) it
occurred to me: what about QRSS mode? Assuming the hardware would handle the
long on/TX times associated with QRSS, it seems to me that all
per Google Earth, I am 18.42 miles away..
this is not Kansas.seattle is a very hilly city. and from Goggle earth.
the beacon is in a hole for me, and a lot of hills between it and me..
although I do have a clear horizon to the cascade Mtns to the east from my
QTH and in the direction of the
I'll pass this onto the engineer who wrote the XG3 firmware (Paul
Saffren). If we get enough demand we could add this.
Thanks,
Wayne
N6KR
On Jun 21, 2011, at 6:44 PM, Al Gulseth wrote:
Wayne,
After noting the mention of using WSJT to detect the beacon (and
since you
obviously would
In that case, you now hold the record for copying an unamplified XG3
beacon :)
The previous record was 1/4 mile or so.
Wayne
On Jun 21, 2011, at 6:46 PM, K7WIA wrote:
per Google Earth, I am 18.42 miles away..
this is not Kansas.seattle is a very hilly city. and from
Goggle earth.
OK guys, my K3/10 with the 5ppm TXCO reads the XG3 freq as 50.02496,
very close to 50.025. I have the antenna pointed south, I am at 500'
asl here 21 miles east of Seattle. I will have to dig into EMFRD to
find the 10dB 6M amp, that I need to build for my KK7B 6M signal source
anyway ;-)
I
According to QRZ, Beacon Doug, W7RDB, is on the Sammamish Plateau and not in
Seattle. Seattle is due west of Doug unless his repeater is at some other
location. Line of sight distance between my QTH and W7RDP is about 11.5 miles.
Also, I am on a hill top and depending on where Doug is
: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:50 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] XG3 6M beacon W7RDP/B on the air
OK guys, my K3/10 with the 5ppm TXCO reads the XG3 freq as 50.02496,
very close to 50.025. I have the antenna pointed south, I am at 500'
asl here 21 miles east of Seattle. I will have to dig into EMFRD to
find
Alas, no copy from CN87uo, just north of the U-District :(. I have
excellent shots S and W, and have a pretty good shot E, but not
line-of-site.
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Wayne Burdick wrote:
In that case, you now hold the record for copying an unamplified XG3
beacon :)
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