C.S.A.
Florida Ten Meter Beacon
28.300 +/-
de KF4MS/Bcn

Current Status:

ONE WATT

QTH: Tallahassee, Florida U.S.A.

You may check the status of the beacon on this website.
If heard, you know propagation is good between you and Freedom Hill where this beacon is located.
The beacon operates 24/7

Contact Us:
QSL SASE to:
P.O. Box 15491, Tallahassee, FL 32317-5491
Email: kf4ms@qsl.net
ICQ #: 1603796

Transmitter: "Little Joe", QST kit, One Watt

Transmitter and Amp together
Gold box in middle is 100 Watt Amplifier (rarely used).
The Silver area is aluminium strap on which "Little Joe"
is mounted and sits on top of the amplifier.
The shell is an old AM Radio Station remote box which I modified.

Antenna: 10 Meter Ringo
on 10 foot mast on the NE side of house.
Dogwood Tree nearby in bloom.
This pic taken from my back patio.

KEYER: The new "frankenstein" keyer is a 486/33
motherboard, floppy, and power supply all mounted
on a small piece of plywood. This pc OS is DOS 6.22
and a QBasic program to key the transmitter.
Backup Keyer is shown: Zenith Notebook PC,
has been replaced by 486/33 (frankenstein contoller)

SPECIAL PROJECTS
Coming Attractions?
Solar/Battery Power

Increase RF Output

Enhance Computer Controls

Test New 5 watt solid State TX strips

Special Thanks to

KC6UNN, Cody Snider , of Montana for the QBasic program which controls both the KF4MS Beacon and the N7LT Beacon.

N7LT, Lyndell Thiesen of Bozeman, MT for his help in getting the Florida Beacon back on the air. Listen for N7LT/BCN on 28.248.5 MHz 10 meter Beacon and soon another on 6 meters!
Beacon web page: http://n7lt-bcn.homepage.com/

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P.O. Box 15491, Tallahassee, FL CSA 32317
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Update:
04/27/2000 19:00:00 UTC

	Transmitter: "Little Joe", QST kit, One Watt
	Transmitter and Amp together Gold box in middle is 100 Watt Amplifier (rarely used). The Silver area is aluminium strap on which "Little Joe" is mounted and sits on top of the amplifier. The shell is an old AM Radio Station remote box which I modified.
	Antenna: 10 Meter Ringo on 10 foot mast on the NE side of house. Dogwood Tree nearby in bloom. This pic taken from my back patio.
	KEYER: The new "frankenstein" keyer is a 486/33 motherboard, floppy, and power supply all mounted on a small piece of plywood. This pc OS is DOS 6.22 and a QBasic program to key the transmitter. Backup Keyer is shown: Zenith Notebook PC, has been replaced by 486/33 (frankenstein contoller)

C.S.A.Florida Ten Meter Beacon28.300 +/- de KF4MS/Bcn

Update:04/27/2000 19:00:00 UTC

C.S.A.
Florida Ten Meter Beacon
28.300 +/-
de KF4MS/Bcn

Update:
04/27/2000 19:00:00 UTC