ZB2TEN beacon is now fully operational

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ZB2TEN is now fully operations, consisting of a modified Midland CB radio, modified, programed, and donated to the Gibraltar Amateur Radio Society by a visiting ham friend,  Edmondo Conetta VA3ITA.

The antenna for this beacon is a 1/4 wave vertical donated by John ZB2JK

This new beacon is now installed at the G.A.R.S club house at Coaling Island Queensway, (Grid Locator: IM76HD), and has an output of no more than 4 watts only.

MB7IDA - Danbury Echolink frequency change

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Due to a change in the 2m band-plan, as of 25 April 2013, the MB7IDA Echolink node has changed frequency to 145.3375 MHz.

MB7IDA-L is located at Danbury in central Essex. Its node number is 265297 and like all repeaters in Essex, requires a 110.9Hz CTCSS tone.

Slides from a talk on the node given in 2007 - http://www.whitewickets.org.uk/

My Experience with EchoLink by Martyn Medcalf G1EFL - http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/g1efl/my_experience_with_echolink.htm

Echolink Introduction available on the web - http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2007/echolink_intro.htm

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The VK0RTM 6m beacon on air

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Craig Hayhow, VK0JJJ from Mawson, has successfully installed a 6m beacon VK0RTM on a frequency of 50.300 MHz.

The 6m propagation beacon to run 50w has been donated by David Craig N3DB, the Secretary and Treasurer of The 6 Metre Beacon Project.

While at Mawson Station, MacRobertson Land, Antarctica for about 12 months, he plans to be active on bands from 80m to 6m with priority given to 6m operation.

On 6m he will be on 400 watts via a Larcan IPA2 power amplifier from Steve Gregory VK3ZAZ, who is also the QSL manager. The main listening frequency is 50.110 MHz.

For the HF bands on SSB phone and digital modes he uses a terminated sloping triangle antenna, on 6m it’s a 5 element yagi M2 6M5XHP, and for 2m and 70cm satellites an Arrow antenna.

Craig VK0JJJ a senior telecoms engineer and active radio amateur from West Australia, is a member of the Antarctica Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition due to return in January 2014.