GB7PY Repeater Stolen

GB7PY has been stolen from Madingley, Cambridge, on 23rd December at approx 2115hrs.

Repeater info -

Motorola SLR5500 UHF
Model: R10QCGANQ1AN
Tanapa : PMUE4392AA
Serial: 478IRW1189

Also stolen Teltonika RUT950 4G router.

IMEI on the Router is 3516220701486502 - which has been network blocked and will therefore not work on any network now.

Any information please pass to Cambridgeshire Police on crime reference number 35/92597/19.

New Irish Beacon on 60 MHz Now on the Air

Back in early 2018, the 60 MHz (5-metre) band was allocated to radio amateurs in Ireland (EI) on a secondary non-interference basis. Now we have news that the very first beacon on 60 MHz went on air on the 16th of December 2019 using the call EI1KNH.

It is on 60.013 MHz and runs 25 watts into a vertical folded dipole. This is currently the only 5-metre beacon operational in the world.

The new 5-metre beacon is co-sited with some of the existing Irish beacons - EI0SIX on 50 MHz and EI4RF on 70 MHz. The elevated site has a locator of IO63VE and is located about 20 kms to the south of Dublin.

More Information - https://ei7gl.blogspot.com/2019/12/new-irish-beacon-on-60-mhz-now-on-air.html

New Arkansas Beacon on Air

Bob AB5N has announced he has placed a new CW/FT-8 2 metre beacon on the air in Hot Springs, Arkansas using the RFzero board. 144.275.

Using a 5 watt PA brick after it into a Halo antenna at 750ft above 540 ft average terrain. Reports from 275 miles out have come in with no enhancement.