Catalonia 70cm RB-TV Beacon

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On 23rd October 2018 a 70cm RB-TV beacon was installed in Catalonia.

The beacon is based on a remote controlled raspberry pi with F5OEO software, located at the top of Montjuïc mountain in Barcelona (JN11BI).

Transmission frequency 434,5MHz, power 1w, 2 element Yagui, F5OEO software. Project was conducted by EA3CNO (Antoni) and EA3ANS (Joaquim). There has been reception reports from Terrassa, 25Km north of Barcelona.

More Information - http://www.radioaficionats.cat/radioaficionats/baliu-rb-tv-a-catalunya/

Portuguese Beacons Re-activated

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The Portuguese ARLA - Associação de Radioamadores do Litoral Alentejano has re-activated VHF and UHF multi beacons CS5BAL - CW in Aldeia dos Chãos, IM57px.

  • Beacon - 50.076 MHz

    • PWR: 2,5W

    • ANT: H Dipole

  • Beacon - 144.410 MHz

    • PWR: 3W

    • Ant: X50

  • Beacon - 432.425 MHz:

    • PWR: 5W

    • Ant: X50

  • Baliza de 1296.825 MHz

    • PWR: 8W

    • Ant: ALFORD SLOT in H Polarization

EchoLink Now Connected to Irish DMR Network

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The Irish digital radio community continues to grow with more stations registering for DMR numbers every month. New digital repeaters and gateways have been established around Ireland to allow various users talk to each other.

One of the latest improvements to be made to the DMR network has been the establishment of a link to the Echolink network by John Anderson MI0AAZ.

Anyone connecting to MI0AAZ-L under LINKS on the Echolink network will now connect to Talk Group 2724 on the Irish DMR network.

More Information - http://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2018/10/echolink-now-connected-to-irish-dmr.html