TF1VHF 4m and 6m Beacons

TF1VHF 4m (70,057 MHz, 20 W) and 6 m (50,457 MHz, 25 W) beacons are now on the air from a beacon site in HP84WL at Álftanes about 80 km NNW from Reykjavik.

The beacon antennas are beaming NW/SE and are located about 60 m AGL and about 70 m ASL.

Both beacons transmit in a one minute sequence PI4 + CW + carrier.

The beacons have been sponsored by Olafur, TF3ML, while Ari, TF1A is technically responsible.

D-STAR Repeater GB7IC Nears 2000 Registrations

The Icom UK D-STAR repeater, GB7IC is approaching 2000 D-STAR callsign registrations. GB7IC's first registration was in April 2008, and ten years later nearly 2000 people have registered via the repeater to the gateway.

“To have this many registrations from one D-STAR repeater is an incredible feat and congratulations to the Icom UK team for registering all those users.”

— ICom

D-STAR is the worlds most popular digital amateur radio network with currently 1652 repeaters globally*.

In the UK, there are currently, 77 operational D-STAR repeaters with another 12 licensed and more coming online. Many, many more callsigns are registered on these other repeaters.

More information about D-Star - http://www.d-staruk.co.uk

Theft of MB7TV SSTV Repeater

MB7TV, the SSTV repeater run by the Martello Tower Group is currently off air.

MB7TV is located in a secure, locked box at a very high level, requiring a two section ladder to reach it. However, someone has hoisted a ladder up, ripped the box apart, cut all the cables and stolen the aerial, 20ft support pole, coax, radio, PSU, filter (the repeater was in an industrial area where there was a lot of close by noise), heater, wi-fi link and interface.  All that’s left is the broken box and the brackets the pole was mounted on.

Estimate lost is somewhere between £600 and £700 worth of equipment.

Martello Tower Group - http://martellotowergroup.com