Re: [IRCA] Local ham beacons on LW

2014-07-13 Thread Steve
I wonder what kind of antennas they're using. A quarter wavelength on 470 kHz (my wavelength conversion spreadsheet is in MHz and won't do three decimal places) is 523.23 feet. Dennis - we both use inverted L's with a small ground radial system. The antenna is brought to resonance with a l

Re: [IRCA] Local ham beacons on LW

2014-07-12 Thread Bruce Portzer
I QSLed the VE7BDQ beacon a couple of years ago, except he was using the call VX9BDQ on 504.1 kHz. At that time, he was running 100 watts into an inverted L but didn't give the dimensions. He told me he'd also gotten listener reports from Alaska, Hawaii and Texas, so the beacon is a potentia

Re: [IRCA] Local ham beacons on LW

2014-07-12 Thread Dennis Gibson
I wonder what kind of antennas they're using. A quarter wavelength on 470 kHz (my wavelength conversion spreadsheet is in MHz and won't do three decimal places) is 523.23 feet. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2014, at 10:41 PM, coffee_canuck wrote: > > Hearing VE7BDQ and VE7SL/b on 473 and

[IRCA] Local ham beacons on LW

2014-07-12 Thread coffee_canuck
Hearing VE7BDQ and VE7SL/b on 473 and 474 KHz. 1st time I've heard ham radio on Long Wave band! Cool! Thanks for tip. Colin in Victoria. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed