Hi Peter, You wrote: Congratulations for getting the beacon online, and the power output. I am planning to be up on Walton Hill in the next few weeks, and early looks on google and Radio Mobile covera

Hi Folks, Just a quick heads up to say that next Saturday (13th) June, I am planning on climbing Walton Hill (SOTA summit G/CE-002) for a spot(!) of beacon spotting on L/S/F/C band with my (two legged

Hi Nick, I beg to differ. While this was done on 144MHz, and 433MHz, last time I checked the rules of physics don't change at 1.2GHz and up,so here are a couple of links tto a presentation that I did

Hi All, Since I have a bit more time on my hands these days (with the pubs being shut and not allowed to travel to the top of a semi-decent hill for a spot of err.. beacon spotting), I thought I'd res

Excellent! I have just booked it in the diary. Happy to put together a talk on my two-legged portable SDR microwave station (rx only atm, but under development) if it would be of value. I will certain

Hi Guys, I (along with G0KFS and G6KOY and 2E0CVP) intend to activate IO92bn06/IO92bn07/IO92bn08 (Barr Beacon, nr Walsall) this coming Sunday (15th September). The activity is most likely going to be

I've always liked the Triax dishes - mainly for the fact the mount includes an elevation readout - reduces one variable when pointing! Iain

Hi Neil, Thanks for trying, it's appreciated. Should be far more accurate than that. A Handheld on AM (or FM) in the house is picking it up on 1297.755, so it looks to be pretty stable at the moment.

Hi All, Finally I have found the time to use some of my spare gear, and get a personal beacon up. First up is is 23cms, due to kit availability Frequency: 1296.755 MHz Nominal Polarisation: Vertical M

Hi John Telescope required. See: https://www.flickr.com/photos/147012290@N06/albums/72157706737096275 73s Iain

Hi Folks, With several purchases of Eshail'2 related SDR's and associated gubbins, with a little more outlay, I may have enough exciters, amplifiers, and antennas for some (personal) beacons in Covent