Hello AMSAT-BB;......I am trying to determine if the W3HMS beacon on 2401MHZ is being use by the Satellite community located in South/Central PA. We have not received any reports for some time and will not continue to support it if not needed.
It Is located in FM19qv (S/E of York PA.) It has been heard in MD and NJ.
For those who are not familiar with it, it has been on 24/7 for >3 years and located at 1000ft on a 130ft tower. Its output is 1W to a RHCP Lindenblad Ant. Its CW Message contains 4 Telemetering channels and about 15 sec of solid carrier (then it repeat). A spread sheet decoder is available on request. The beacon is useful for Receive system testing and propagation analyzing etc.
The 2401MHZ beacon is co-located with a 1296MHZ beacon and a 5760MHZ beacon. The ID message and telemetering is common to all 3 beacons.
More info is available from [email protected]
Please Let me know if any of these beacons are useful to you!!!
TNX Charlie K3VDB