[600MRG] WH2XHY is now on the air

[sbjohnston at aol.com]

In the past twenty-four hours, WH2XHY was heard by 
   
   
    K9AN, NO3M, SWLK9EN61, W1TAG/1, W3CSW, WA3TTS/2, WG2XIQ, WG2XJM, WG2XKA, WH2XRR
 
 Beacon seems to be working OK.  It is the Ultimate3S from Hans Summers with a temperature-controlled oscillator/synthesizer plus GPS time and frequency control.  The basic kit would probably have been fine but I wanted to add the fancy features for possible other uses later.  On 630m it drives my amp through a pad to achieve the same antenna current as I had with my TS-990S as the exciter:  1 amp RF into the antenna.


 Steve  WD8DAS / WH2XHY
 
 sbjohnston at aol.com
 http://www.wd8das.net/
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 My 630-meter experimental station WH2XHY is now on the air.  It is running WSPR mode on 475.719 kHz.  I built a WSPR beacon kit to drive the amp so I don't have to tie up my TS-990S and computer for that purpose.  That means I'm transmitting only, though.  
             
                             
                                 
                  
                                       
                     
                      
                       
                        
                         
                          
                            
 If you are listening by ear it will sound like a steady carrier (you might be able to hear it shift frequency ever so slightly, that's how it is modulated) that lasts for nearly two minutes, then ends with a CW ID. 
                            
                                                     
                            
                            
                           
                           
                            Steve WD8DAS / WH2XHY 
 
 sbjohnston at aol.com
 http://www.wd8das.net/
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