IW3FZQ/B
50,400.5
MHz
Since
December,7
2002 is active my 6mt beacon from JN55UW. It is located in my
holiday house, near Enego, a little mountain village in the Asiago
Tableland,
Vicenza province. It is composed by all home-made parts: power
supply,
high-stability oscillator, CW message generator, five-stage
amplifier, SWR
protection, low-pass filter. At present it is calibrated for 10
Watts output
power but the amplifier is with continuity adjustable to obtain
between
4 Watts
and 25 Watts RF. To avoid fire risk and blower noise, I have built
it inside an
aluminium box and positioned outside the mansard window, under the
roof. After 4
days only to start of transmission, LY2BAW has spoted IW3FZQ/B
with 579
report !! In the same time, during the night, there was a fall
temperature with
a record of minus 24° C. but the beacon worked without problems ! In
conclusion,
the antenna, connected with 18 mtrs of RG214, is a 1/4 fiber-glass
G.P. on 7
mtrs high vertical mast. Under, you can see the complete data list
and some
selected pictures.
Since
November, 1 2005 the beacon is on the air from new QTH: Monselice
(PD), JN55VF
Since December, 17 2017 the beacon has moved to the new frequency
50,400.5 MHz according to the new IARU Region 1 band plan (the old
frequency has been 50,001.4 MHz for over 15 years).
callsign |
IW3FZQ/B |
QRG | 50,400.5 MHz |
mode | A1 |
antenna | 5/8 vertical GP |
QTF | omnidirectional |
power | 10 W |
QTH | Monselice (PD) |
a.s.l. | 25 mt |
WWL | JN55VF |
status | 24 h |
Hear
the
signal: 20
Km distance
100 Km distance (old locator)
1) The soldering work is done, now it is ready
for external
assembly.
2) View of the beacon fixed under the
roof.
3) First test: 8W output, it's all
OK.
4) View of the G.P.
antenna.
5) One week after the beacon
installation a
big snow-fall have tested the
equipmment.
Successively, at -24 °C
the beacon worked
without problem, no
frequency
drift,
no power
oscillation. Ok,
passed.
6) View of Enego from Mount. Lisser,
on the background Mount.
Grappa.
7) All the reports will be appreciated
via
e-mail [email protected] or
direct
only:
Enrico Franceschi, Via Gino Piva 9
45100 Rovigo
(Italy)