FYI — the 1296 beacon was pounding in here one day this week. I think it was Thursday or yesterday. It was evidently riding the crest of the cold front that has moved in. Of course now I can’t hear a peep out of it!! 73, Dave, K4TO

HI Dave... Thanks for the signal report. Seems like it's always feast or famine, eh? Tom Holmes, N8ZM -----Original Message----- From: mvus-list [mailto:mvus-list-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sublette via mvus-list Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2016 10:38 AM To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List <mvus-list@febo.com> Subject: [mvus-list] 1296 beacon FYI — the 1296 beacon was pounding in here one day this week. I think it was Thursday or yesterday. It was evidently riding the crest of the cold front that has moved in. Of course now I can’t hear a peep out of it!! 73, Dave, K4TO _______________________________________________ mvus-list mailing list mvus-list@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list

Hi Tom, Yes, when the band is open, the beacon really is strong. I can hear it weakly some days. I would say more than half the time I can’t hear it at all. I use my SDR setup to watch for it. I have two on line now, a Softrock VHF Ensemble II for 2M and the RF Space SDR-14. I have had the SDR-14 for ten years, but it has been on the shelf for the last five of those. I got curious as to how it compares to the Softrock. They are within a couple of dB of each other. Of course the SDR-14 has more features like noise power measurement, which I will use when I get my EME system assembled. Good to hear from you. Dave > On Oct 22, 2016, at 12:11 PM, Tom Holmes via mvus-list <mvus-list@febo.com> wrote: > > HI Dave... > > Thanks for the signal report. Seems like it's always feast or famine, eh? > > Tom Holmes, N8ZM > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mvus-list [mailto:mvus-list-bounces@febo.com] On Behalf Of Dave Sublette via mvus-list > Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2016 10:38 AM > To: Midwest VHF/UHF Society Mailing List <mvus-list@febo.com> > Subject: [mvus-list] 1296 beacon > > FYI — the 1296 beacon was pounding in here one day this week. I think it was Thursday or yesterday. It was evidently riding the crest of the cold front that has moved in. Of course now I can’t hear a peep out of it!! > > 73, > > Dave, K4TO > > > _______________________________________________ > mvus-list mailing list > mvus-list@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list > > _______________________________________________ > mvus-list mailing list > mvus-list@febo.com > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mvus-list