Motorola Spectra 110w trunk mount programmed for 2 meters. Notice the current draw on the ammeter. This radio makes a very nice base station with a desk mic.
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Amateur Radio Beacon JAM now 187khz LowFer 1750 meters Longwave LW low power broadcasting FCC part 15 station DX440 receiver AM88 transmitter La Crescenta, C…
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Sorry, what is the use of this?
Good video. I would like to hear what music sounds like on 1750 meters at
the same distance.
@KBextor The use of commercial beacons are usually for navigation aids and
weather info for the aviation and marine industries. Amateur radio beacons
are usually for helping distant listeners determine if a radio band is open
or as a receive target for distant listeners looking for a rare station to
receive.
I did a Google search and found that at 327khz there is a NDB [non
directional beacon] navigation beacon in Portugal located in the city of
Porto. POR is the ID for the beacon in the city of Porto.
Hi, here in Portugal i receive on 323Mhz this signal: .–. — .-. (it
means : POR ) have any idea what it is?
I did a Google search and found that at 327khz there is a NDB [non
directional beacon] navigation beacon in Portugal located in the city of
Porto. POR is the ID for the beacon in the city of Porto.
Nice set up. We have a 136kHz allocation but I’ve never got round to
building a transmitter. I’ve heard more activity on 501kHz even had a cross
band QSO but not yet got a NoV (Permit) for the band.
@VitalisCarbone Music probably won’t sound so good. Because the antenna is
so physicaly short compared to an actual 1/4 wave antenna. It has to be a
high Q resonated antenna to radiate anything. This antenna is tuned to the
coil winding tap that produces max antenna current at the operating freq
187khz. Audio/music sidebands would be plus or minus the 187khz operating
freq by up to 10khz on the AM88 transmiter I use. The sidebands would not
radiate well because of the tuned antenna.
Once ran beacon “Six Echo”, 1630 kHz, 100mW to ten foot whip in Dec. 1989.
Old tube transmitter burned out in one night. Heard 120 miles away —
Phoenix, AZ to Tucson, AZ nights, and a couple miles daytimes. QSL’ed
MEDFER beacons in CA, too! Long Live Part 15! 73
How much local range does your transmitter cover?
do Spectras have a VFO mode or is everything done via memories?
HA, the repeater with activity on it is the 145.17 up in Lima.. which we
ALWAYS seem to hear in the empire. bloody awful when the band is open it
gives the Noblesville,IN 17 machine a hard time.
The audio recording on that phone is crap. The radio is VERY loud and
clear. I love this radio..