The new location of the PV beacon higher up on the hill now running about 60 feet of EW90 waveguide:
These are from the old location provided by Gary K6ENS (SK)
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to panoramic pictures of LA basin taken from tower by K6ENS
The new enclosure also has over 1150 holes in it for shielding, component mounting and ventilation, whew........
Here is an audio recording of the PV beacon after the mods and upgrades were finished. The new iders give everyone lots of time to get antennas aligned. Note the multipath phase noise. It's quite common on paths where there are many reflections such as we have in Southern California.
the specs:
call: N6CA/b
Frequency: 10368.300MHz
location provided by K6ENS (SK)
S: Palos Verdes, DM03TS elevation: 1300'
1.6 Watts output
<1.6 db feedline (waveguide) loss, 60 feet at new location (June 2003)
Antenna: slotted waveguide14 dBi gain, omni-directional, horizontal polarization
IDer: 85 seconds of carrier and a short fast CW ID
Coverage: a clean shot to Mexico, up the central valley, out East to the desertand all of Southern California. It has a great knife-edge shot to Kettleman City at about 180 miles.
This beacon has been heard on Mt. Potosi, Nevada (215miles), San Benito Peak, central valley (240 miles) and 494 miles down into Mexico to DL27 and by W1LP/mm at over 710 miles.
This beacon has been in operation for over nine years.
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