8 Jun 2021

70cm UK beacons

At the moment, I am not sure which 70cm UK beacons are operational. 

Last night GB3LEU at Leicester (432.490MHz) popped up with the indoor 4 el yagi, pointing out the window. Most of the time it is below the noise floor. 

Every time some tree surgeons were working about 50m away, I could hear a sprog on 432.432MHz!

It seems few (none?) of the UK beacons have FT8 or WSPR sequences. PI4 which several beacons use, seems to require special software. Personally, I think it would be good to have time synchronised beacons with an FT8 TX slot so there could be more monitors.

See https://www.microwavers.org/indexb.htm .

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