The direction finder is also remarkably sophisticated.
tnx
Mike
On Jun 12, 2012, at 2:37 AM, "Robin" <wb6tza@socal.rr.com> wrote:
> an experiment to see if a couple of photos will make it through- I shrunk
> them to be small enough that they might be tolerated - but I suspect they
> will be stripped off
>
> these are two of the fish beacons we found washed up on shore at VP6DX. you
> can read the freq on one of them 2202 KHz. the smaller one we found actually
> has a small micro and 3 boards.. in another shot you can read the ID on the
> PROM- EK92. the bigger one with the D cell stack intact shows Z5 for the
> callsign. What is amazing is that these two were virtually intact- and were
> not the corroded pile of electronics you would have expected
>
> a pile of D cells for ballast, a buoy with a whip, and a simple CW ID timer,
> and thousands of miles of sea water and you have QRP heard round the world
>
> 73
>
> robin, WA6CDR
>
> I tried to find a better link, but here is one on a commercial fishing
> supplies site
> http://www.commercial-fishing.net/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage-ask.tpl&category_id=15&product_id=27&Itemid=179
>
> if that doesn't make it through try
> http://www.commercial-fishing.net/
> and marine electronics
> Radio Beacon
>
>
> I know nothing about these people, its just the first useful example I found
> for a source for the beacons we hear
>
> Robin
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "GeorgeWallner" <aa7jv@atlanticbb.net>
> To: <herbs@vitelcom.net>; <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 19:20
> Subject: Re: Topband: Strange CW Coded Messages
>
>
>> On Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:37:26 -0400
>> Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net> wrote:
>>> These fish beacons are sometimes very strong and
>>> normally out in the Gulf of Mexico. I just wish I could >replicate the QRP
>>> transmitter and antenna....or is it >just the saltwater ground?
>>>
>> Herb,
>>
>> It is simple: 2 W output, 10 foot whip wiht loading coil,
>> and a 3000 mile wide perfect ground plane. Easy. :-)
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> George
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