Beacons
Beacon news
090715 The 23 cm beacon in Klintehamn (JO97CJ) SK1UHG was put into operation
Tuesday July 7th at 1045Z.
It is located at the crop storage building in the harbour of Klintehamn, 50 m
ASL 50 m from the Baltic Sea on the west coast of Gotland. It is
co-located with SK1VHF, SK1UHF and SK1SHH.
Power: 30 W RF
Antenna: Alford Slot, omni directional horizontal polarization.
Frequency control: Owenized crystal oscillator.
Keying: PIC based identifier (same design as SK1UHF, one letter changed in
the SW).
I would like to thank all the people that have helped in the process of
getting it ready and suited for being deployed at Gotland.
SM6PGP, Hannes, for making the Alford Slot antenna.
SK0CT with SM0IQD, Lars, SM0DFP, Per and others for the driver and power
amplifiers as well as a filter and circulator.
SM6GXV, Ulf, for the help with making the printed board for the
multiplier (x12).
SM6UBC, Fredrik, with support for the power supply.
SM6CEN, Håkan, for help with the callsign registration.
SM0DFP, Per, for remote frequency measurements after the installation.
The Gotland UHF HAM's SM1MUT, Arne, SM1HOW, Lars, SM1TDE, Eric,
SM1YRI, Pontus and others for checking the site, the
installation work etc.
We all hope the beacon will serve you all well for many years to come.
Reception reports are most welcome. Spot it on the DX-cluster or send a
report to the Gotland HAM's.
73 / Ingolf, SM6FHZ
-- Ingolf, SM6FHZ http://www.2ingandlin.se/SM6FHZ.htm
090422 OZ7IGY
40,021 MHz. The beacon has been slightly modified but is now back on air with
15 W output. (I was in a hurry when it was made and apparently cut a few corners then!)
5760,930 MHz. The 38 degree beacon has been repaired after a damaged antenna and PA
and is now again operational. (Approx. 500 Werp)
10368,930 MHz. The omnidirectional beacon has been taken down for an upgrade.
When it comes back the power will be increased from 0,5 W to 3,5 W.
For the time beeing only the 38 degree beacon is operational with approx. 2 kWerp.)
All other beacons of the OZ7IGY beaconcluster are unchanged and operational.
Please report via DX-summit! (It is convenient for me to gather data from that source!)
Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan.
Beaconkeeper, OZ7IGY.
090119 Sedan i slutet av 2008 är fyren SK5BN/B igång och sänder signalen SK5BN/B
JO88LL sedan 15 sekunder ton med en uteff ekten på 10 W. Därefter 10 sekunder ton
med 1 W. Därefter paus på 15 sekunder. Sen börjar det om igen.
Detta sänds ut igenom två horisontellt rundstrålande stackade vårgårda dipoler.
Kollar man på APRS och söker på signalen SK5BN-2 så ser du var i JO88LL fyren sitter.
Fyren sitter 40 meter över mark och 49 meter över havet.
Lyssnarrapporter tas emot på: beacon@sk5bn.se
SM5YLG, Christopher
081216 Ny fyr QRV: Frekvensen hamnade på 432.428MHz
Fyren sänder signalen SK5BN/B JO88LL sedan 15sekunder ton. Detta med 10w,
Därefter 10sekunder ton med 1w. Därefter paus på 15sekunder. Sen börjar det om igen.
Detta sänds ut igenom två horisontellt rundstrålande stackade vårgårda dipoler.
Kollar man på APRS och söker på signalen SK5BN-2 så ser du var i JO88LL fyren sitter.
Höjd informationen är att den sitter 40meter över mark och 49meter över havet.
Lyssnar rapporter tas emot på beacon@sk5bn.se
//73 de Christopher – SM5YLG
081205 Hi. Noticed a while back that OH3SHF 3.4GHz transmitter has gone QRT.
All the other bands from 2.3GHz to 24GHz seem to be functioning normally.
It looks like LDMOS RF power transistor in the tower mounted unit has broken.
I will inform once beacon is back on the air - probably next spring time.
73 de Ari OH3LWP
080918 SK4MPI PA faulty, reported by Lasse OH6KTL, Someone on site today checked PA
front panel and there is overcurrent fault, also without drive and with
lower screen grid voltage. I am occupied several days, first opportunity to
visit the beacon site is next wednesday, september 24. I hope to be able to
cure the problem, propably by changing tubes.
Sorry for the delay of attention...
Best regards /Jan SM4HFI
080628 Jag har den stora glädjen att meddela, att FURA's (SK2AT) fyr
SK2UHF på 432.401 MHz idag åter kom i drift från sittt ordinarie QTH.
Logiken är bytt och fyren slår därmed sin rätta lokator !!!!
Det tog tyvärr lång tid då det under våren inte gått att ta sig
fram till fyrens QTH då vägen är oframkomlig och avstängd. Dessutom
gällde det att tidpunkten skulle passa för den som har tillgång till siten.
Men som sagt, nu går den . 73 Olle SM2DCU
080525 The SK6MHI is now back on the air - 24048.800.
No change in technical data - 10W ERP, Omni.
73’ /Mats, SM6EAN
080420 The OZ1UHF-beacons in JO57FJ has been shutdown and will be removed
from the antenna mast which has to be replaced. Negotiations with
the mast owner about the cost for hosting them on the new mast are still ongoing.
Hopefully the beacons will go on the air again this autumn.
Vy 73 de OZ1FF - Kjeld
mailto:oz1ff_att_mail.dk
http://www.oz1ff.dk
080418 The 10G beacon in JO79 is running again!
10368960,0 on my RX with OLD counter (HI)
Not vy strong but visible on Spectran, ca 319 today.
Nice b4 the MicroWave contest coming Tuesday!
cu/gl Lennart SM3BEI – JP81NG
071118 SK2UHF QRT
Den 10/11 blev UHF fyren SK2UHF på 432.401 MHz i ruta JP94wg
nedtagen för uppdatering. Logik och lokatorangivelse skall
bytas. Hur länge den blir QRT beror mest på möjligheten att
ta sig till fyrens otillgängliga QTH! Mer info kommer när den
väl blir QRV igen. FURA - Föreningen Umeå RadioAmatörer, SK2AT
Olle, SM2DCU / 73 Håkan SM6CEN Beacon manager
071113 SK3UHF QRV again.
The job is done, carrier now clean again
and the keyer circuit is no longer sensitve to RF.
(Closed as usually when SK3MF is QRV in NAC and
when the RU10 repeater is activated)
73 de SM3UZS
071103 SK3UHF is put down today temporarily for service.
PWR and QRG is OK but the carrier is form time to
time more or less noisy, must fix a RF feedback problem.
Probably QRV agn in 2-4 weeks.
SK3UHG´s frequency was also today adjusted to around
1296.855 ±. Crystal ageing had made it several kHz low.
SK3SHH is probably low on output accoring to several reports
last months and will get some service in the next future, I will announce!
73 de SM3UZS
070818 Tänkte bara berätta att 13 cm fyren SK4BX/B på 2320,960 MHz är QRV på nytt,
Dom gamla uppgifterna i fyrlistan gäller.
SM4RWI gem SM6CEN
070813 OY6BEC Info from OY:
As of tonight the 1296 transmitter of OY6BEC has been re-installed on Sornfelli.
It has been qrt due to inteference to a local radar but the problem is no longer
an issue. To my best knowledge the data are as follows:
OY6BEC 1296,885 IP62oa 700 masl 100 Werp Douple quad 135 deg. OY9JD.
It may need some time to settle on the right frequency? May need readjusting?
The 50 MHz beacon is now repaired and OY1CT will bring it back at the end of august.
Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan.
070801 SK6UHF has been put off air.
The beacon has a big need for maintenance and will be off air for a longer time.
Need for new XTal. It has been on the wrong frequency for a long time.
Keying to be repaired.
New antenna needed. Old one damaged by storm in January.
73 Håkan SM6CEN
070729 The first 40 MHz amateur propagation beacon on the air.
On 26th of July (after paying the licence fee) at 18.20 UTC OZ7IGY became operational on:
40,021 MHz near Jystrup (Ringsted), JO55wm, 97 masl / 5 magl.
The antenna is a dipole heading 255 / 75 degrees. Will shortly be changed to a Turnstile (X-dipole).
The output to the antenna is 22 Watt keying in F1A (frequency Shift Keying) according
to the IARU, Region 1, standard. 250 Hz shift.
The “licence” is valid for a year and the results of the experiments are to be reported to the ITST.
The “licence” is “experimental” on a non-inteference basis and will not create a precedent for
any other kind of amateur radio activities in this part of the spectrum!
Please report to DX-summit whenever you hear the beacon. Then we can collect data for the report
to ITST and may be able to argue for a renewal of the licence next year?
Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan…………………..……………………………………………………oz7is_at_qrz.dk
Beaconkeeper – OZ7IGY………………………………………………………………….www.oz7igy.dk
P.S. We are looking for circulators/Isolators for the 40 and 50 MHz beacons to avoid backwards
intermodulation in the PA stages. We are covered on all other bands but circulators for these
frequencies are hard to find as surplus equipment! Can anyone help help? .is.
Has already been reported in OZ (!!!), HA, DL, PA0, F, G, I and EI.
070712 C-G, SM6HYG har justerat frekvensen på SK6SHG-fyren på Tjörn.
Jag har i dag mätt upp frekvensen till 24048.887 MHz.
73 de Jens, SM6AFV
070712 OH0SIX på http://www.oh0six.prv.pl/
070522 Hi, today SM3LIC and I started SK3UHG agn on 1296.855
We had to change tower because there were comercial interest
at the old site some 50m away, now it is located in our own tower.
Sri for long downtime but I thought I would spend some time
rebuild the equipment when it was already disassembled...
So some 3dB better feeder and about 7-8dB more power adding up
signals about 10dB. A new logic card sending dots to prevent PA
overheating. Tnx to SM0FZH for some hardware support !!
Reports welcome 73 Johan SM3UZS
(Hello, SK3UHG 539 in KP11WL. QRG 1296.85393 MHz.
TNX for the nice job guys. 73 de Petri OH3MCK )
070502 QRT, 1296.957
Beacon SK3GW/B Österfärnebo JP80JH QRT for indefenite time.
73's Håkan SM3LBN
070327 Hello, I have reworked my homepage partly and still I need a few clips.
I have uploaded the beacon-audio-page to
http://freenet-homepage.de/DD0VF/audio_beacons/audio_beacons.html
You can check there, wich audioclips I need to complete the collection.
(TF3VVV, OY6BEC, LA2VHF, SK3VHF, SK2VHG, OH7VHF, OH5ADB, IZ3DVW, IK4PNJ,
IQ0RI, TK5ZMK,SR2VHJ, SR5VHF, SR3VHC, SR5VHF, 9A0BVH, T99YJW, YO2LIS,
YO3KJW, YU1VHF, LZ2CM, LZ2CC, UR0DMA, UR4YWW, UT7UV, UT5VD, UT7GA, EW6DS,
RA3IM, UA3IFI, RB3PA, SV5VHF
and also LA7VHF fom JP89 - from previos QTH JP99 I have).
73 and tnx in advance
de Steffen - DD0VF
070315 The frequency of SK6VHF was on March 13 adjusted back to its nominal frequency 144.448
73 Håkan SM6CEN
061130 Hi all, over the last months a number of new microwave beacons have been
licensed in Norway.
1296,945 LA7SHF JP20QJ planned
2320,850 LA4SHF JO28UO QRV
3400,850 LA4SHF JO28UO QRV
5760,850 LA4SHF JO28UO QRV
10368,945 LA7SHF JP20QJ planned
24048,820 LA5SHF JO28UX QRV
47088,820 LA5SHF JO28UX planned
Full details are available on http://www.mydarc.de/la0by/LA-beac.htm
These beacons were built by Jan LA3EQ who also is QRV on all bands. The
planned beacons will become QRV over the next months or even weeks. The
location in Western Norway should permit frequent reception across the North
Sea. You may submit reception report to LA3EQ (jhhl@start.no).
73, Stefan (LA0BY) NRRL beacon manager
email la0by_AT_darc.de homepage http://www.mydarc.de/la0by/ mobile +47-90114432
061125 F5GTW, the FX4SIX keeper has told me to give this information :
The french beacon FX4SIX (50.315 MHz) is temporarily stopped for maintenance
and repair. It will be active again at the end of january 2007.
Please feel free to give this information on VHF lists, many thanks.
Best 73 and good DX de Bernard F5DE.
061104 10 GHz beacon SK3SHH at Dalsberget (195 m) closed to Nordingrå and Härnösand
is qrv again. QTH JP92FW
5 W in 33 dB dish with direction 188 degree (to Stockholm 400 km).
QRG 10368.819 MHz
Reports to SM3LIC or SK0CW
73 de Eberhard SM0FZH
061101 OZ9IGY Number NINE !
3400,930 MHz: 9 watts into 10 metres 7/8" coax (-1 dB) feeding a wave-guide
slot antenna (+ 10 dB) 97,5 m asl. F1A keying.
The exciter is a DB6NT construction coupled with a surplus PA.
The beacon is assembled and build by OZ2ELA.
OZ1BGZ made the antenna.
For test and burn-in the beacon was located in Copenhagen , JO65gp, only 200 m
from the first qth of OZ7IGY, back in 1957 – 1981.
Since october 29th. 2006, it is located at Slettebjerg, JO55wm, the final QTH!
REPORTS PLEASE!!!
(Also compared with the 2,3 an 5,7 GHz beacons.)
Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan.
Beacon keeper-OZ7IGY
061028 Hello ! Just got info from OZ1HTB that OZ4UHF/B
2320,996MHz is QRV from Bornholm - JO75
73sss Torleif SM7EYW
Hi all, I copy OZ4UHF/B on 2320,958 !
Locator is JO75LD.
73 Anders, SM7ECM
061015 Hello, could you forward this to SSA Fyrar list that during torpos,
SM stations can listen OH5SHF beacon from KP30HV now also on 2.3 GHz band.
Spots from 432, 1296 and now 2320 MHz signals via DX-Summit are appreciated.
The exact QRG was today 2320.941 MHz, but it should go down towards nominal
2320.935 MHz, at least if and when we buy a better crystal for the XO.
The project was delayed by months due to too much and fast aging crystals
from a UK supplier.
The 10 W ERP is generated with a panel antenna aimed towards 240 deg. with 60 deg.
HPBW. Horizontal polarisation and A1A keying from the 23 cm beacon's keyer.
73 de Ilkka, OH5IY. Keeper of OH5RAC and OH5SHF.
061008 To: vushf@yahoogroups.com
Hello all; here is the new situation:
Pic Neulos JN12LL 1100m:
F5XAL 144,476 MHz 15W (eirp) omni
F5XAJ 1296,907 MHz 50W omni
F5ZUO 5760,866 MHz 10W omni
F5XAD 10368,860 MHz 2W omni
Cerdagne JN12BL 2400m:
F5XAJ 432,420 MHz 15W omni
F5XAC 2320,838 MHz 10W NNE
73 de Michel F6HTJ
http://balises.ref-union.org
To: Vushf@yahoogroups.com
Hola todos, recibido el domingo passado desde Esquerdes de Rotjà
JN12EK 2200m con FT100D i pequena yagi bibanda 5el 144/6el 432:
144,426 MHz EA6VHF JM08SQ 539
144,441 EB3VHF JN01SU 599+
144,470 EA5VHF IM98WV 559
432,409 MHz EA5BEACON IM98WV 539
432,461 EB3UHF JN01SU 559
Buenos DX, 73 de Michel F6HTJ
http://balises.ref-union.org
060719 Hi, 24 GHz band was added to OH3SHF family of beacons on the 12th of July.
Details of the new beacon are:
Frequency 24048.800MHz
TX power 0.7W
Antenna gain 18dBi (128 slot slotted waveguide)
Horisontal polarisation
ERP about 30W
Frequency accuracy better than 100Hz (GPS locked frequency reference)
Location KP11VK 222m ASL, 67m AGL
http://oh3tr.ele.tut.fi/english/oh3shf-english.shtml
73 de Ari OH3LWP
060715 SK6MHI is now QRV after quite some time off the air. Beacon has been updated
with new frequency, new PA and new antenna. Details and photos will
be available at our club homepage: www.sk6yh.org.
Technical info
Frequency: 24048.800 (phase locked, very good accuracy)
Locator: JO57XQ (JO57XQ72)
Power: 10W ERP
Direction: Omni
Antenna: Slotted waveguide
Above sea level: 135m
Above ground: 40m
Acknowledgements
Thanks to….
SM6AFV for 1W PA
DK1ZD for antenna
SM6PGP for frequency re-programming
SM6HYG for antenna assembly/arrangement
Early reports shows good result on propagation but there is an intermittent
loss of output signal (disappears for some minutes). This problem was found
during final test but since it does not happen too often, it was decided to
install the beacon for the summer season. We’ll resolve the problem during autumn.
73 /Mats, SM6EAN
060426 New CW VHF beacon qrv:
TK5ZMK/b JN41JS south of Ajaccio 635m asl 10W omni
Please reports to TK5EP: tk5ep@free.fr
73 de Michel F6HTJ
http://balises.ref-union.org
060208 Vi har riktat om högeffektsfyren SK0SHH 50kW erp 10G368M841k750
(uppmätt 060206 kl. 2047 lokal tid) från sm1/Öland tillbaks mot SM6,
huvudriktning Göteborg.
Lyssnar-rapporter tages tacksamt emot till per.@telia.com
Byt mot sm0dfp. 73, PeO EPO och Per DFP
051113 Fyren SK2VHF har efter 21 års drift fått sig en grundlig översyn
och till viss del ny hårdvara. Ansvarig för fyren är SK2AT i Umeå.
Med 2 x 4 element norrut och 10 element SSV matas nu 80 friska
wattar ut tack vare ett nytt PA skänkt av SM3KYH Lars som använder
SK2VHF flitigt.
Källa: SM2DCU Olle
051103 Forwarded by OH2LKV:
Hi, there is new 10 GHz beacon installed in Helsinki area. System
is in testing and will be transferred better place someday.
Frequency is 10368,928 MHz and stability is better than 10^-10
(Oscilloquartz OCXO8675). Power is ab. 2W to a omnidirectional
horisontally polarized slot antenna. Beacon is located same
place with OH2RCH repeaters in local water tower, locator KP20IF
Some technical information .
TNX to OH2AUE (PA) and OH1GWK/OH2MNI (power supplies)!
All reports are welcome via email: beacon_at_rats.fi
73 Radio amateur technical society of Finland, RATS / Ramppa OH2LIY
051031 This afternoon i have installed the 10 GHz beacon OZ7IGY on the new
QTH in JO55wm, 5 Werp, 99 masl, 10368,930 MHz (nominal)
Reports are most welcome as i am not qrv from home!
I also corrected the frequencies on the 1296 and 432 MHz beacons.
A bit tricky as my counter would not accept the external standard so i had to
do some calculation instead! Hope i did get it right anyway!
Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan.
Beacon keeper.
051025 SK3UHG / SK3SHH blir QRT fr.om. i helgen
och tills vidare, jag annonserar när dom kommer
igång igen, grejorna måste ut ur hydda och mast som vi delar
med försvaret eftersom dom uppgraderar rubbet.
SM3UZS Johan
051016 There are two new microwave beacons QRV from Western Norway:
LA4SHF JO28UO 10368,850 MHz beaming South
LA5SHF JO28UX 10368,820 MHz beaming West
More info can be found at http://www.qsl.net/la0by/LA-beac.htm
Both beacons are operated by Jan, LA3EQ, who is also QRV on 10 GHz himself
(mail to lustrup@start.no). LA4SHF has already been heard yesterday by
PA0BAT in JO31 over 739 km at 599!!!
We can expect even better propagation over the next days.
73 es GL, Stefan (LA0BY)
email la0by_AT_darc.de, homepage http://www.qsl.net/la0by/
phone +47-67139536, GSM +47-90114432
050829 The SK0UX/B beacon on 5760.912 MHz was heard today
10 dB over the noise level, JO99>JO67.
73 de Jens, SM6AFV
050828 SK0UX/B seems to stabilize on ca 5760 912,0
Still vy strong in JP81NG. Gl/Lennart SM3BEI
050827 A new beacon has started today in JO99BM.
Call: SK0UX/B QRG: 5760910.0 today at 1150 Z
Omnidirectional antenna.
Frequency increasing, was 5760900 for ca 2 hrs ago
Identifying by frequencyshift, with vy low skift.
Good readability here in JP81NG today
Regards Lennart - SM3BEI
050826 The Martlesham beacons will be temporarily off the air from the
early evening of Friday 26th August until Tuesday morning 30th August.
This is due to major work on the AC mains power distribution system
on site over the bank holiday weekend.
Beacons affected are:
GB3MHL 1296.830
GB3MHS 2320.830
GB3MHS 3400.830
GB3MHX 10368.830
73 John G3XDY
050826 Beacon update JW7SIX
The beacon went QRT in January 2005, due to broken mast, but is now
operational again. Experience has shown it is very challenging to
maintain a beacon in this remote location. If the beacon should fail
again in future it main be dismantled. 73, Stefan (LA0BY),
email la0by_at_darc.de homepage http://www.qsl.net/la0by/
050815 OH3SHF beacon QRV on all four bands
Hi, Lightning strike damage has been repaired and OH3SHF beacon is
again QRV on all four bands (2.3GHz, 3.4GHz, 5.7GHz and 10GHz).
It seems that OH3TR NAC contest station tower (beacons are installed
to the tip of this tower) takes a direct lightning strike hit every
summer and thus we need to have full professional protection in all
connections of all equipment. Reception reports are welcome to
http://oh3tr.ele.tut.fi/guestbook/guestbook.html or DX Summit dx-cluster
http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/
73 de Ari OH3LWP
050727 We have increased the power of the OH3RNE 23 cm beacon at 1296.975
by 6 dB. The power is now about 30 watts to a big wheel at 250 m asl
and 140 m agl in KP11UM.
The same setup functions also as a repeater. If you can hear the
beacon well, please have a try with the repeater (input 1291.000 and
output 1297.000), access with 1750 Hz tone or DTMF '*'. The receiver
is quite sensitive with a MGF1302 preamp near the antenna.
Benjamin OH3BK
050717 The OH3SHF beacon is temporarily QRT on 2.3GHz and
3.4GHz bands because of technical failures. The 5.7GHz
and 10GHz beacons are still operational.
73 de Petri OH3MCK
050716 The first major stage in relocating OZ7IGY was taken today.
Throughout the day we erected the new permanent antennas in
JO55WM for the following beacons:
70.021 25W Big Wheel 102masl
144,471 25W Big Wheel 104masl
432,471 25W Big Wheel 105masl
432,471 25W 6 el.yagi 30* 99masl (Aurora and SM antenna!)
2320,930 5W Alford slot 100masl
(Though not enormous, the altitude is rather good for Denmark!)
Reports are most welcome!
We also mounted the 50 MHz Big Wheel in 100masl, but the beacon
itself is under repair. In the near future the beacons for 10GHz,
5GHz, 3,4GHz and 1,3 GHz will also be activated from the new location.
Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan
Beacon keeper, but assisted today by OZ1AHV, OZ1FTU, OZ2LD, OZ2PBS,
OZ2SYV, OZ2UD, OZ7LX and a few bystanders!
050630 Hi! Our 23cm beacon is now up and running again!
Same QRG, 1296.905 and same QTH.
13cm, 6cm and 3cm is ongoing, 13cm is very soon QRV as well!
73´ss de SM4RWI via SM4XDJ
050613 OH3SHF beacon is QRV after some updates and maintenance.
10GHz TX power is now 4W (1W before) and ERP is now 80W (20W before).
Beacon is now QRV on four bands. Latest addition is 3.4GHz band.
Details of the new 3.4GHz transmitter are:
3400.800MHz, 6W TX power, 6dBi Alford slot omni, horisontal polarisation.
Frequency accuracy is better than 100Hz (GPS locked reference).
Location KP11VK, 222m ASL, 67m AGL.
For more info:
http://oh3tr.ele.tut.fi/english/oh3shf-english.shtml
73 de Ari OH3LWP
050608 VMG has put yet another beacon into operation.
SK6SHG
QRG: 24048.890
QTH: JO57TX (same tower as SK6VHF and SK6UHI)
Antenna: 2x 90 deg sector horns N+S.
Pwr: 1W erp each.
Main design by SM6HYG.
Reports welcome to SM6EAN [mats.espling@telia.com]
73 Håkan SM6CEN
050608 SK6VHF in JO57TX on 144.448 has got its faulty antenna replaced today.
If you have not been able to copy it, you may try again.
S/N has increased abt 35 dB.
73 Håkan SM6CEN
050606 LA2VHF / JP53EG is now QRV again, after a 9 month outage.
Magne / LA1BFA
050524 OH3SHF microwave beacon in KP11VK is QRT for maintenance.
We will add a new 10GHz PA to increase ERP by 6dB.
A completely new 3.4GHz transmitter wil be installed as well.
Beacon should be back in operation in about one week.
I will send a separate email when beacon is again QRV.
73 de Ari OH3LWP
050426 SK6UHI QRV again at 18.04UT April 25 2005.
QRG: 1296.805
QTH: Vetteberget, Tjörn Island, JO57TX
Abt 125 masl 17 magl.
10W to Alford slot
Reports welcome to sm6cen@ssa.se
Official list of SM beacons to be found at
www.sk6yh.org Beacons SM
73 Håkan SM6CEN
050426 SK6VHF QRV from new QTH.
QRG: 144.448,
QTH: Vetteberget, Tjörn Island, JO57TX
Collocated with SK6UHI,
At abt 120 masl, 10 magl. 4W to M2 square
Reports welcome to SM6CEN_at_ssa.se
73 Håkan SM6CEN
050214 The VMG multi band beacon is now back on air after maintenance and repair.
You can again tune in to 2320.800, 5760.800 and 10368.800.
Details on the VMG home page;
We have right now a snow storm in southern Sweden, so tune in and check out the snow scatter!
The 24GHz beacon is still QRT. 73’/Mats, SM6EAN
050113 MW friends!
Together with SM6PGP I today checked SK6MHI & SK6YH/B beacons after the storm.
All antennas OK but the SK6MHI 6cm beacon (5760.800) was QRT. No current drain
from main PS, so probably cable or DC/DC converter problem. Will let you know
when back on the air.
Check out the VMG Web site
for a nice beacon list made by SM6MUY.
For VMG / 73’ Mats, SM6EAN
041120 OH3RNE beacon has also been operational again in the license QTH in
KP11UM on 1296.975 (FSK) since the beginning of this month. About
10 W out to a professional quality big wheel manufactured by OH3HWX
and the group at 140 m agl / 250 m asl with good take-off to all
directions.
The beacon functions also as an FM repeater (RM0 1297.000/1291.000)
so if you can hear it on FM please give us a call. Benjamin OH3BK
041119 Today OH2SHF was reinstalled to it's location in KP20BB. Power amplifier is
rebuild, and is now having output power of 20 W. Oscillator is locked to
Oscilloquartz 8676 OCXO, the beacon frequency is 1296,928 Mhz and should be
quite stable. Thaks to Rami OH2LIY for fixing the beacon.
73's Juha OH2LKV
041030 Den svenska fyrlistans ”original” finns numera hos SK6YH’s hemsida.
SK6YH SM_Beacons
Månget tack till SM6MUY för arbetet med databasen. Alla uppdateringar kommer i
fortsättningen att göras på den sidan.Vill man ta ut en egen papperskopia finns
pdf eller txt filer tillgängliga i huvudet. Ändringar, tilllägg och uppdateringar´
tas emot av undertecknad. Senast uppdaterad 2004-10-25. 73 Håkan SM6CEN
041019 Hi all The SK7MHL beacon in JO65OR is now QRV again on 24 GHz after change of frequency
from 24192,970 to 24048,970. The local oscillator have been running for about 12 weeks
to burn in the new crystal. It will take several weeks more before the frequency begins
to stabilize. It will be adjusted with a GPS locked reference as a standard at least
once a week.Power is 1 W ERP to a omnidirectional horisontally polarized waveguide slot
antenna mounted 100 m asl. SK7MHL is also QRV as usual on the following frequencies:
432,489 1296,970 2320,970 5760,970 10368,970
These beacons are also fine adjusted against a GPS locked standard once a week. 73
Anders, SM7ECM
041016 OH2SHF (KP20BB) 23cm beacon is QRT due to driver stage malfunction.
Beacon site was inspected today and only 5mW output was measured,
instead of expected 50 watts
Beacon transmitter has left the site for repair, hopefully it will be
back on the air soon.
73 Radio amateur technical society of Finland, RATS / Erik OH2LAK
041016 Hej, Kan meddela att SK4BX/B på 10368,960 MHz är QRT för underhåll, återkommer
när den är QRV på nytt. 73 de SM4RWI, Magnus
040928 Idag har jag frekvensmätt några 10m-sändare som normalt hörs i Stockholmsområdet.
Det kan vara intressant att veta frekvensen när man jämför med sina egna sändare/mottagare.
Mätutrustningen som användes var helt professionell, styrd av GPS-satelliternas exakta klocka.
Tidpunkt: Måndag 27 spetember 2004, kl. 15:00 SST
Utomhustemperatur +15C *)
Fyr SK0CT i Sollentuna (A1A 15W vertikal) - 28292,126 kHz
Fyr SK5AE i Strängnäs (A1A 50W vertikal) - 28289,898 kHz
Repeater i Stockholm (F3E 100W vertikal) - 29620,084 kHz utfrekvens
*) Ute-temperaturen kan påverka frekvensen. Fyren SK5AE sitter i ett oisolerat uthus och
omges av ute-temperaturen. Fyren driver därför något i frekvens; ökad temperatur ger minskad
frekvens och tvärtom. Frekvensen brukar ligga exakt på 28290 kHz vid +-0C. Man kan kontrollera
temperaturen genom att mäta frekvensen exakt, hi!
73 de Christer -JXA
040910 Hi all The SK7MHL beacon on 1296,970 is QRV again after repair of the PA.
Many thanks to SM0EPO / SK0CT for help with spareparts.
SK7MHL is QRV from JO65OR on: 432,489 1296,970 2320,970 5760,970 10368,970
The 24 GHz beacon is being rebuilt for the new frequency 24048,970.
73 Anders, SM7ECM
040906 The SK7MHL beacon on 432,489 MHz is QRV again. The interference problem is hopefully solved.
But the SK7MHL beacon on 1296,970 is QRT since a couple of days. The PA is dead. Short
circuit between collector and base in the final stage and the driving stage.
(caused by lightning?) Spareparts will hopefully be delivered during next week.73
Anders, SM7ECM
040902 Today I started the SK3GW/B 10w beacon running on 1296.955 +-kHz
This is a test run to see if it will be reliable over time.
For the moment the antenna (Alford Slot) and qth is temporary.
Shortly it will be installed at permanent location JP80JH
More info will follow,,, 73's Håkan SM3LBN
040826 The LA2VHF Beacon (144.463 MHz, JP53EG) was taken off the air earlier today.
The beacon has been brought back to the lab in Trondheim for maintenance.
You'll be informed when we have it back up again.
--Magne / LA1BFA (for the LA1K team)
040825 SM2CKR informerar: Jag kan nu meddela att SK2UHF är i drift med den nya QRG´n (432.401).
Den har varit igång ett tag och har 5 w i antennen. Tyvärr har switchen mellan norr
och syd antennen lagt av, så nu sänder den tillsvidare bara med syd antennen. Vi skall
försöka skaffa nytt 24 V relä med N –kontakter. / 73 Håkan SM6CEN Beacon manager
040819 Beacon SK6UHI on 1296.805 is temporarily QRT.We are awaiting the erection of a
new tower.Downtime expected to be at least some months. / 73 Håkan / SM6CEN
040819 The SK7MHL 70 cm beacon ( 432,489 MHz) is currently QRT due to some
interference problems. It will hopefully be on the air again soon.
The SK7MHL beacons on 1296, 2320, 5760 and 10368 MHz are QRV.
The 24192 MHz beacon are QRT for change of frequency to 24048 MHz.
73 Anders, SM7ECM
040811 SK4MPI beacon was off air 14-16 june, when the sensor was able to
trig with some help of someone rocking the rack...
July 5 it went down again and a repeat of the rocking was not
enough to bring it up again. 11 aug at 11z I left the site, after
some tube testing with shorter periods TXing during about one hour.
Today I at last got the opportunity to visit the beacon site, has
been struggleling with holidays at the beacon site.
The problem was the air flow sensor, as expected, and could be
solved. Also one tube was worn so mounted a pair of tubes (pulls)
donated by LA8GKA, thanks Rune! The spares I thought would work, had
too much gas and flashed when some drive was applied. The operating
conditions was adjusted with less load than what made maximum power,
to preserve efficiency also when emmission goes down.
Maybe the antennas need some maintenance also. The SWR is not the
best, and signal strength in NE is reported to be down some dB's
from what it has been.
Best regards / Jan, SM4HFI
040720 OH3SHF temporarily QRT QRT for maintenance and improvements.
We will try to get it QRV ASAP but it may take a few days.
73 de Petri OH3MCK
040716 The SK7MHL beacon in JO65OR is now QRT on 24192,970 MHz after 3,5 years of service.
Will be QRV again on new frequency 24048,970
Burning in a new crystal takes several weeks (at least) so it will be QRT for some time.
73 Anders, SM7ECM
040714 New beacon, since July 11th the beacon OY6BEC has been qrv on 70 MHz:
FRQ: 70,035 MHz, MODE: F1A, QTH: Tórshavn, LOC: IP 62
MASL: 10, ANT: loop, QTF: 135/315*, EIRP: 25W
Beaconkeeper: OY9JD, Build by: OZ7IS, Keyer: OZ2M, Antenna: OY9JD.
Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan.
040713 Ny FYR OY6BEC 1296,885, MODE: A1A, QTH: Sornfelli/Tórshavn, LOC: IP 62 MB
MASL: 700, ANT: 13 el. Yagi, QTF: 150*, EIRP: 150W, Beaconkeeper: OY9JD
Build by: PA5DD & OZ7IS, Keyer: OZ2M, Antenna: OZ1BGZ.
QRV since July 10th 2004. Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan.
040608 Ny SM Fyrlista 040709 från Håkan SM6CEN
040622 Started new beacon yesterday SK3UHH in JP92FW (Rävsön)
2320.900 QTF 180 (Stockholm/Gotland)
1.2m dish, I am not sure abt feeder perfomance (2.4GHz)
but seems to work pretty ok....
Reports welcome; Signal strength, Frequency stability/accuracy etc.....
73 Johan SM3UZS
040613 Hi all, Just found that MPI signal is way weaker than usual, just above noise instead of
s9 +40 dB. Propably some fault in the PA area, cooling or similar. I have no possibility
to go there during the weekend. Maybe next week, but not sure.
Best regards Jan, SM4HFI
040607 SK3UHF on 432 is now temporarily QRT for change to the new frequency!
73 Håkan CEN.
040607 QRG of Beacons on MW
040606 LA3UHH:
Just to mention that LA3UHH is in ES square, not DS80c - as some beacon lists says.
The 4x256 bit EPROM should have been replaced, but I have not more available
Unfortunately the site owner (radio group of NRRL) is quite hostile since I
am from the "wrong county", and I could choose between removing the beacon
or let it stay, so I hope it will be QRV for some more time. It is often
heard by SM6ESG. Antenna is an EB horn for 3,5m EB dish and QTF=180°
73 Jan-Martin, LA8AK DS80b
040606 SK3UFG:
Just started up beacon SK3UFG on 1296.955 or 956 QTH JP80IO. (qth of LBN) Pwr abt 10w
to Alford Slot at 18m a.g.l. It is just now running for test only an will run for a week
or two, will later be installed on permanent qth in JP80. 73's Håkan SM3LBN JP80IO
040602 Här kommer några uppdateringar till 10GHz fyrar i Sverige.
SK1SHG på 10368.953 MHz i Klintehamn på Gotland är qrt sedan ett år
tillbaka. Den ersattes i maj 2003 av SK1SHH på 10368.853 MHz på samma plats.
Den nya fyren är en högeffekt fyr som är riktat 360 grader mot Stockholm.
Fyren SK1SHH ingår tillsammans med SK0SHH och SK6YH/B i en grupp riktade
högeffekt fyrar (alla 33 dB dish 10 KW ERP) som är till för regnskatter observationer.
SK6YH/B 10368.810 MHz i Göteborg är riktat 57 grader mot Stockholm.
( I vissa listor står den på .805 )
SK0SHH 10368.835 MHz i Kista (Stockhom) är riktad 237 grader mot Göteborg.
SK1SHH 10368.853 MHz i Klintehamn (Gotland) är riktad 360 grader mot Stockholm.
En fjärde fyr i gruppen högeffekt fyrar är nu färdig byggd. Den heter:
SK3SHH 10368.821 enligt -3BEI i JP92FW på Dalberget i närheten av Härnösand.
Fyren är nu QRV maj 2004 och har 33 dB dish 10 KW ERP och riktad 180 grader mot Stockholm.
73 de SM0FZH Eberhard (via SM6CEN)
040510 Ny SM Fyrlista 040508 från Håkan SM6CEN
040508 Today the following update has been made to the SK6MHI multi band beacon;
5760.800: Now QRV again after test operation. 6W output to a slotted waveguide.
10368.800: Back on air after oscillator failure. 5W output to a slotted waveguide.
From same QTH also SK6MHI on 2320.800 and the high power rain scatter
beacon SK6YH/B at 10368.810 (QTF 60deg, towards Stockholm) working as normal.
Pictures will be published at VMG’s home page (SK6YH.ORG).
We are very interested in propagation reports…=> mats.espling@telia.com
73’ Fredrik, SM6UBC & Mats, SM6EAN
040427 Ny SM Fyrlista 040425 från Håkan SM6CEN
040427 RATS ( http://www.rats.fi/ ) has today installed the latest OH2NXX beacon in Rådkila, Inkoo.
The locator is KP20BB and the callisgn in OH2SHF. Nominal frequency is 1296.927 MHz and
will be checked later for any possible drift compensation. 35 W, antennas 210 and 20 degrees. 40 AGL.
Infp från OH2AUE Michael. Med dom skapliga konditioner som det är i kväll är den 59+ .
73 de SM1HOW
040330 Since March 25 the beacon JW7SIX on Svalbard is QRV again. It runs 10 W on
the frequency 50,047 MHz into 3-ele yagi (beaming Europe) as before.
The strong winds had broken off the centre lead in the coax connection.
Finally a helping hand managed to fix it. I hope it stays on for a long time now.
73, Stefan (LA0BY) email la0by@darc.de
homepage http://www.qsl.net/la0by/ phone +47-67139536, GSM +47-90114432
040317 SK6MHI, 5760.800, now operational at a temporary QTH (my home QTH, JO57WQ).
Will run a few weeks before frequency adjustment and then back to previous QTH (JO57XQ).
Now 6W RF and slotted waveguide. With feeder etc. about 30W ERP omni directional.
Temporary take off is “impossible” QTF 55 to 150 degrees (if no help from SAS or KLM),
poor 150 to 200 deg. and OK 200 to 55 deg.
Thanks to Hans, SM6EUP, for aluminium and feeder!
Reports are most welcome to mats.espling@telia.com.
73’ Mats, SM6EAN and VMG, SK6YH
040310 The beacon SK6MHI 3cm has been taken down for maintenance today. It has
probably been QRT since about 1 week. We will announce when it's QRV again.
73 de Västkustens MikrovågsGrupp SK6YH; Fredrik SM6UBC
040123 6 and 10 Beacon statistics
040122 Status på 70 fyr flytten
040112 SK7MHL in JO65OR is now QRV on new frequency 432,489. It has been QRT for 2 months, burning in
the new crystal in it´s oven. Now it´s reasonable stable. But I will check it daily, and adjust
if necessary, against a GPS looked reference. I will do this during the first week. After that
I will check the frequency every friday, as I do with SK7MHL on all other bands
( 1,3 / 2,3 / 5,7 / 10 / 24 GHz ). More info about SK7MHL:
Click on "Radio", "Mikrovåg och radiofyrar" and scroll down until you find SK7MHL.
73 Anders, SM7ECM
040111 Reg1 VHF Beacon list jan 2004
040108 Från bullen 11 Januari: SK1UHF NY FREKVENS. Nu är SK1UHF igång på sin nya frekvens 432.405 MHz.
MEN
Arne SM1MUT skriver idag: Jag vill bara informera om att SK1UHF inte är QRV ännu..........
Den går ännu i provdrift vid SM6FHZ, INGOLF för stabilisering av oscillatorn och det dröjer
nog minst 4 veckor till innan SK1UHF är QRV. Hälsn. Arne/SM1MUT
031221 Hello, there is new 23 cm beacon testing in Helsinki area. Frequency is
1296,927 MHz, 35W output power, 10 m RG213 and 20-el yaqi directed to
north. Locator is KP20KD56. Beacon will be installed in same place
where is OH2VHF/OH2UHF after testing.
(http://www.rats.fi/suomi/ajankohtaista/radkilan_majakat.html ,sorry
only in finnish:)
All reports are welcome via email: rats@rats.fi / Ramppa
-- Rami Vainio OH2LIY EMAIL : ramppa at iki.fi PHONE : +358 40 505 8085
MAIL : Rami Vainio, Minkkitie 5 B 30, 01450 VANTAA
031218 OH3SHF beacon 2.3GHz transmitter is again active after a break in KP11VK.
Transmit power was upgraded to 50W. ERP of the 2.3GHz transmitter is now 200W.
Beacon frequencies are 2320.842/5760.800/10368.800. All transmitters use a GPS
locked 10MHz reference. Expected frequency accuracy is 10^-8. Reports are
welcome to oh3tr@ele.tut.fi / 73 de Ari OH3LWP
031210 SK1UHF BYTER FREKVENS. Från och med torsdagen den 11 december 2003 kommer SK1UHF att
vara QRT 4 veckor framåt på grund av frekvensbyte. Den nya frekvensen blir 432.405 MHz.
Arne/SM1MUT
031204 Nytt om 70-fyrarna
031127 From vushf@fro.se > Check out LA0BY Stefans homepage Beacon list in Excel
with a lot of cool and hitech excel coding for calculating locator, QTF and QRB.
73 de SM4XDJ@SK4BX
031115 SK6UHI in JO57TX on 1296.805 is QRV after maintenance.
Carrier abt 45 sec, ID + loc abt 15 sec.
Reports are welcome. 73 SM6GXV & SM6CEN ( cchg.berg@swipnet.se )
031114 The SK7MHL beacon on 432,970 is now QRT.
It will hopefully be QRV again within a couple of days on the new frequency 432,489 MHz.
/ 73 Anders SM7ECM
031113 The SK7MHL beacon in JO65OR is again QRV on 5, 10 and 24 GHz after a few weeks
of maintenance. QRV as usual on 432 MHz, 1,3 GHz and 2,3 GHz.
Frequency is ,970 on all bands and locator is JO65NQ.
For more information (sri, only in swedish) and pictures and scroll down to SK7MHL.
73 Anders, SM7ECM
031111 As you all have heard, or seen on dx cluster, the beacon is on air again since
friday nov 7. Someone switched it off and then on again, and it started after a
while. I suspect an air flow feeler, a flag and a microswitch. It is adjusted to
switch off reliably, but seems to be too hard to activate again. I ran out of time
when I changed the fan last spring and had to leave without being really satisfied
with the flag adjustment.
Best regards Jan, SM4HFI
031105 Hi, I was informed yesterday that SK4MPI is silent. I have no idea what the reason is.
Seems that the exciter is running, since I hear the ususal leakage some 60 dB down.
So propably some fault in the PA circuit. I can not promise to do anything for the
beacon this week, as we are short of people at my work.
Best regards, Jan, SM4HFI
031013 SM Beacon presentations
031008 Hi all, The SK7MHL beacon in JO65OR is QRT for maintenance on 5, 10 and 24 GHz.
QRV as usual on 432 MHz, 1,3 GHz and 2,3 GHz. 73 Anders, SM7ECM
031002 Today old SK7MHH 432.940 Beacon was reinstalled at ordinary QTH with new
QRG appr. 432.440 Mhz. Thanks to Mats SM6EAN for Crystal and Toby SM7EOI for
the change and adjusting.
At he same time Beacon SK7MHH 2320.940 was reinstalled after some
"fixing" by constructor Morgan SM6ESG.
Antennas, directions and outputs are unchanged on both Beacons.
SK7MHH 1296.940 is still QRT.
73 Toby SM7EOI & Tommy SM7NZB
030902 SK4UHF > SK4BX/B. After service the beacon SK4BX/B, is back in black with new QRG, 432.460.
The PA is pumping out 43W.. Same antenna setup as before and same QTH.
PS. NEW CALL! SK4BX/B DS. 73s de SM4RWI via SM4XDJ
030825 Hello friends. After a recent check-up here OY9JD has revinstalled the OY beacons on 144 and 432 MHz.
They are now back on the air with a new common call sign: OY6BEC.
Frequencies: 144,402 & 432,402 (432,512 until the new x-tal has arrived!)
One problem remains though: The old antennas are falling apart!!!!!
Does anyone have some rugged antennas for a windy and wet environment? 2 antennas with a reasonable
broad opening angle for each band is needed. One towards W.Europe - one pointing NNE for Aurora.
Vy 73 de OZ7IS, Ivan.
030821 Ny fyrlista över nordiska 70-fyrar tack Håkan SM6CEN.
BILD 162 kB
030816 Today Tobbe SM7EOI and I took down the SK7MHH 432.940 Beacon
and changed the frequency to appr. 432.440 Mhz.
The Beacon is now running without PA to burn in the Crystal.
It is QRV with 23 el antenna against LY from our Club house at JO86DQ .
When its stable it will be reinstalled at ordinary QTH.
The 13 cm and the 23cm beacons are still QRT.
/ 73 Tommy SM7NZB
030816 IARU Beacon list July 2003
030811 OH3SHF beacon is QRV again after the lightning strike damage of July 28.
At the moment 5760.800 and 10368.800 are up and running.
2320.842 is also fixed and waiting for reinstallation during this week.
GPS locked frequency reference seems to have suffered the most and
is still under repairs. Beacon is locked to the old 10MHz reference.
Frequency accuracy is propably 0.1ppm in stead of 0.001ppm of the GPS
locked reference.
73 de Ari OH3LWP
030730 The LA2UHF beacon (432.870 MHz, loc: JP53EG) was taken off the air today at 17:30 UTC.
Expect some weeks before it is operational, as we will refit with a new PA stage,
new antenna, and new frequency. New frequency will be 432.463 MHz.
--Magne LA1BFA / LA1K
030727 SK7MHH QRT 2340.940 and 1296.940
Today Tobbe SM7EOI and I took down the bad 13 cm beacon for repair
and the 23cm beacon was also taken down for modification.
Beacon 432.940 MHz is still running waiting for QRG change.
/ 73 Tommy SM7NZB
030715 TWO "NEW" ARCTIC BEACONS QRV ON 50 MHz
Callsign JW9SIX JW5SIX
QRG 50,049MHz* 50,046MHz*
QTH Bear Island Hopen Island
LOC JQ94LM KQ26MM
PWR 15W 10W
ANT Vertical dipole Horizontal dipole
Elevation 10 magl 10 magl
Take-off FB in most directions Bad to west
Installed by JW9LAA Ronald JW5RIA Erling
*Reports indicate that both BCNs have drifted 0,3kHz lower.
Other team members
Initiative & project control: ES1CW Arvo
RF modification/design: ES1II Hellar
Keyers: ES5PC=SM0WCM
Antennas & power supplies: SM0KAK Lasse
Various support: JX7DFA/LA7DFA Per-Erik
More info at LA7DFA click LA5RIA
The beacons were installed in March and April.
Best 50MHz beacon list: www.keele.ac.uk/depts/por/50.htm
PS It seems like the older arctic beacons JX7SIX 50,079MHz on Jan Mayen and JW7SIX 50,047MHz
on Spitsbergen both are running QRPp due to technical problems.
73 de Lasse SM0KAK
030715 OH3SHF 2.3 GHz and 10 GHz beacons are now locked to GPS reference.
The 5.7 GHz beacon will also be locked to the same reference shortly
(just a matter of getting a suitable connector).
The system is now in experimental use, so reports about the frequency
accuracy, stability, possible malfunctions etc. are highly welcome.
You can send reports to:
petri.kotilainen@nospam.nokia.com
ari.vaisanen@nospam.nokia.com
Just remove 'nospam' from the address.
The nominal beacon frequencies are:
2320.842 MHz
5760.800 MHz
10368.800 MHz
73 de Petri OH3MCK
030707 ES0UHF beacon is on the air again. New frq. is 432.475MHz, KO18DN, 12W out,
antenna is about 7..8dBi ,ring diagram. 73! de ES2NJ Mart Tagasaar gsm +372 5107808
030703 SK6YH/B: Today we have adjusted the direction of the high power beacon at 10368.810 MHz.
The beacon is located in JO57XQ and is directed towards SM0 (Stockholm) indications during
the year it has been QRV have shown that it pointed a few degrees to much north.
We moved it approx 3-4 degrees more east (south).
Looking forward to reports from SM0 abt the adjusted direction.
73 de Hannes SM6PGP and Fredrik SM6UBC.
030625 SK6UHI on 1296.805 (JO57TX) is temporarily QRT for maintenance.
Hopefully back on the air in the end of July. 73 Håkan SM6CEN.
030618 Subject: [VUSHF] SK4UHF QRT ...
Date: den 17 juni 2003 20:11
... for change to the new frequency according to beaconplan.
Will send a new email when it is QRV again.
73 de SM4RWI, SM4GLX via SM4XDJ
030616 Fyren OH6UHF har fel frekvens i nya listan, skall ha 432.432 MHz.
OH5SHF ny på 432.435 MHz. ALLT ENLIGT jUKKA OH6DD på VHF-mötet.
OZ1UHF har redan flyttat ill 432.449 MHz enligt Ivan OZ7IS.
030605 Hi all, Discovered yesterday that SK4MPI was down again. Problem was that duct tape was
not enough to hold the flex hose at the fan house. Now it is secured by a clamp also.
It will be checked on my next visit. Seems that the flow sensor worked well, as power was
normal from start. Thanks Robban who made the job today!
Down time was about 2003-06-04 16z to 2003-06-05 11z
Best regards Jan SM4HFI
030601 New proposed Frequencies for Swedish 432 MHz Beacons rev. 30601
Call QRG Ansv Call
SK1UHF 432.405 Ingolf SM6HYG
SK2UHF 432.401 ? ?
SK3UHF 432.455 Johan SM3UZS
SK4UHF 432.460 Magnus SM4RWI
SK6UHF 432.412 Morgan SM6ESG
SK7MHH 432.440 Mats SM6EAN
SK7MHL 432.489 Anders SM7ECM
73 Håkan
Hela listan sorterad på CALL
Hela listan sorterad på QRG
030523 SK4MPI: Today I went to the SK4MPI beacon site. The old tubes had been running hot,
the glass on the 4X150A had melted, on one just little buggle, on the other a hole.
The overcurrent relay for the fan was tripped. I tried to activate it again and it
did run for a while, until I switched of again. When it was tried last week it
tripped again within seconds.
Blower is changed to a new one, single phase. Tubes are changed to 4CX250B pulls,
donated by SM7GVF some years ago. For the moment I am out of spare tubes so if someone
have, preferably new ones, laying around a donation is very appreciated. 4X150A and
4CX250B I know fit. Is there a 4X250 version also? G1 and G2 voltages are easy to
adjust, filament is hard to change more than fine tuning. Normal life of tubes is
about 20 000 hours for a fresh pair. When I left i had the following operational data:
Ua 2 kV. Ia 270 mA. Ia0 20 mA. Pout about 250W (0.6 on the relative power meter = normal).
Ig2 5 mA. Ig1 0 mA. Driver power is about 1W. Ug2 i didn't make any note, but think about
180 V (Power was normal :-). Uf 6.02V. Best regards Jan, SM4HFI.
030521 A new band was added to OH3SHF beacon yesterday 20.5.2003.
New 2.3 GHz beacon compliments the year old 5.7 and 10 GHz beacons.
Details of the 2.3 GHz beacon are the following.
OH3SHF 2320.842 MHz 10W output power 6dBi Alfords slot antenna
omnidirectional horisontal polarization.
Location KP11VK 220m asl 65m agl.
Synthesizer locked to a stable 10 MHz reference.
Frequency accuracy < 1 kHz.
Frequencies of 5.7 and 10 GHz beacons are 5760.800 and 10368.800 MHz.
Reports are welcome via email to oh3tr@ele.tut.fi or via web to
http://oh3tr.ele.tut.fi/guestbook/addguest.html / Ari OH3LWP.
030515 SK4MPI is down since tuesday. Found out today that the PA fan is not running,
the overcurrent relay trips in a few seconds, and reason is unknown.
Best regards Jan, SM4HFI
030310 COMING NEW ARCTIC BEACONS
JW5SIX 50,046 MHz and JW9SIX 50,049 MHz. QTH for the beacons will be
JW5SIX Hopen Island (LOC KQ26) and JW9SIX Bear Island (LOC JQ94).
Map: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/cia00/svalbard_sm00.jpg
Both beacons will run ABT 10W to dipole antennas.
JW5SIX will be installed by Erling JW5RIA (=LA5RIA)
JW9SIX will be installed by Ronald JW9LAA (=LA9LAA)
Erling and Ronald arrived on their islands several months ago.
The beacons and antennas etc have been mailed to Norway.
We hope the equipment will arrive in time to be transported on a ship which leaves the Norwegian
mainland on 2003-03-20 bound for Bear Island and Hopen Island.
The initiative for this project came from Arvo ES1CW. Arvo procured the transceicvers and he is
the "project leader". Other contributors are ES1II: modification of transceivers, ES5PC (=SM0WCM):
keyers and SM0KAK: antennas + power supplies + X-tals.
73 de Lasse SM0KAK
021130 ES0UHF QRV igen.
021025 IARU Region 1 VHF and Microwave Beacon list issue 1/2002 Oktober 2002.
020911 The beacon SK4UHF at 432.905MHz in JO79LH is now above the tree line again after 5-10 years
of hiding ;) The ower of the land has cut down the surrounding trees. 73 de SK4BX
020830 LA8VHF in JO48XX is QRV again after abt. 1 month of silence! 73 de LA6LCA / LA9UX
020826 Finally SK6YH/B is qrv, 10368.810 MHz. It is a high pwr beacon, approx 5 W RF at the feed
of a 60 cm dish. Direction towards SM0, some adjustments of the direction will probably
be needed. Web page with info will be constructed during the autumn/winter.
Pse reports via the reflector or direct to sm6pgp@telia.com 73 de VMG / SM6PGP - Hannes.
020821 The SK7MHL-beacon on 5760,970 MHz is QRV again after a few days of maintenance.
The SK7MHL-beacon in JO65OR is working on 432,970 / 1296,970 / 2320,970 / 5760,970 / 10368,970
and 24192,970 MHz. 73 Anders/SM7ECM
020817 Hello, Good news from the North. After a long absent the beacon LA7SIX and LA7VHF are now qrv from
its permanent qth in JP99EC. LA7SIX qrg 50.051, qtf 190 degr. 20 w into a 4 elem. yagi, 310MASL.
LA7VHF qrg 144.451, qtf 190 degr. 50 w into a 10 elem. yagi, 310MASL
Report are most welcome via: mailto:la5tfa@hamradio.no
Qsl report via LA3T. 73's de LA5TFA, Aasmund BIRGER Jakobsen, Beacon manager LA3T
020814 SK6UHI is again QRV on 1296.805 from JO57TX. 2 weeks ago lightning killed part of the beacon. 73 Håkan SM6CEN.
020814 SK6UHF on 432.925 is QRT since a couple of weeks. Awaiting spare parts and repair. 73 Håkan SM6CEN.
020810 LA8VHF is qrt for maintenance (caused by lightning!). We hope to get it back on air in approximatly 14 days.
73 de LA6LCA LA9UX
020624 Rättelse om 10 GHz fyrar
020531 DFP och UZS har gett info till SM FYR listan .
020421 IARU Beaconlist
020323 Nya fyren SK3UHF hörs bra även i SM1 !
