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WB9PNU/b
Kevin AD7OI sent me this video of this morning's reception of the SLAMS WB9PNU beacon located on top of DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, MO, EM48ss. Kevin has a dish on top of his 75 foot tower located just south of Hannibal, MO EM49hp. Kevin notes that his direct path to the beacon is obstructed by a hill in Louisiana, MO. Despite the obstruction, he regularly receives the beacon. A 78 mile path (125km).
After several months of being off the air, the WB9PNU 10 GHz beacon is once again up and operating from DePaul Hospital in Bridgeton, MO EM48ss thanks to the hard work and dedication of Mel K0PFX and John WB9PNU. The beacon was thoroughly checked out by Mel and the slot antenna mount was replaced with a stronger mount and the assembly put into a water proof container.
The beacon operates at 10.368.900 with an AFSK CW telemetry. The telemetry data is no longer accurate because of control voltage issues. That will be a future project to re-calibrate the telemetry.
