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Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:37 pm
by robbage
The relocation made a difference. My S meter fell off the desk and onto the floor. Will RIB get a mention on the news (or maybe WARG net) ?
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 5:47 pm
by meg
Zebedee wrote:
For now it's doing it's morse ident every 10 minutes so we're legal, and a voice ident (thanks Gavin!) every 4 minutes.
Hmmm - I spoke to soon - just getting alot of static, can't hear any of the idents
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:25 pm
by Zebedee
robbage wrote:Will RIB get a mention on the news (or maybe WARG net) ?
Here's what's meant to be on NewsWest tomorrow - sneak peak just for you guys
Ham College is proud to announce that their Information Beacon, VK6RIB, is set to go live *today* at 10:00am.
The information beacon is a Ham College project, comprising a PC and a transmitter, playing a number of audio files on an hourly loop, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The beacon computer is connected to the Internet to allow for remote uploads of new or changed content.
VK6RIB is Ham College's Christmas present to the Perth amateur radio community. The beacon will provide the weekly news bulletins, Ham College course and examination information, a section for each of the radio clubs in Perth, and other items relevant to amateur radio.
The beacon will be transmitting from the Perth Hills on 145.575 MHz at 5W. For information on where to send signal reports, please listen to the beacon or check the Ham College website at
www.hamcollege.com.au
Remember, the beacon launch is this morning, at 10:00am on 145.575 MHz.
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:39 pm
by robbage
I propose a sticky in 'FAQs' with pretty much what you said there Doug, since the beacon will have information about radio clubs in general for WA. Most people with scanners will be able to dial up the frequency
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:16 pm
by ConstableCare
It must be in a very 'ordinary' location in the Hills cause it's gone from a fully quietening signal on the scanner to a signal with some static although you can still hear it ident.
Not sure how it's meant to service the Perth area if it's putting out an average signal to start with?
Cheers, CC
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:54 am
by Zebedee
ConstableCare wrote:It must be in a very 'ordinary' location in the Hills cause it's gone from a fully quietening signal on the scanner to a signal with some static although you can still hear it ident.
Not sure how it's meant to service the Perth area if it's putting out an average signal to start with?
Cheers, CC
Where are you receiving from CC?
While the beacon will be live at 10.00am, it's still very much a work in progress. It's on a temporary antenna while the one we've ordered is delivered and installed, and there's still some work to be done before we'll be completely happy with it and call the project "finished"
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:54 am
by VK6ZMS
EDIT:
Doug's post covers it.
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:03 am
by robbage
It's on
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 1:38 pm
by vk6hgr
Does the WIA news update by itself each week or is it manually done?
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:10 pm
by vk6hgr
No WARSUG info
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:40 pm
by ConstableCare
Zebedee wrote:There's three WARSUG'er voices on there, let's see if we can figure out who and for what
Worked out two so far - WAN's Voice...
Who are the others?
CC
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:56 pm
by robbage
Gav and Bonez? (guess)
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:34 pm
by VK6ZUK
Cant hear it up here in Chidlow.
Think its time to get the antennas up higher!
Danny - VK6FZUK
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:05 pm
by meg
VK6FZUK wrote:Cant hear it up here in Chidlow.
Think its time to get the antennas up higher!
Danny - VK6FZUK
Hear hear - it's pretty much unreadable in Mt Helena which is unusual for the "hills" repeater locations. If I knew what was happening with that 30m tower, I know a great location on a hill up here....
Re: New Beacon?
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:17 pm
by VK6ZMS
It was only S5 in the salt mines car park. Thats located on the highest hill in Dianella.
It gave scratchy coverage on the FWY between the city and South St then S5 stationary mobile in Murdoch.