The only beacon on 222 I hear fairly regularly from my station in EM96df is
WA4FC/B 222.060 FM17.
I have occasionally heard K4UHF/B 222.053 EM73.
I have heard both recently so barring a very recent development they are still
on the air.
73 Paul AA4ZZ
I have been lamenting the passing of Steve K1IIG. In addition to being a
very cool guy, he had some very effective beacons running in FN31. The
222 beacon was far enough away to give a good indication that my gear
was working OK.? Since that beacon went QRT, I only have the K2DLL
beacon in FN23 to listen to. It is 25 to 30dB above the noise, so that
is good, but I miss having something audible to the SW. In the past, the
W3CCX beacon was always copyable up here, but lately I hear nothing from
that area.
It has been a longtime since I copied K3CX/b down in Philly. I found it
on 222.0528 or so.? I heard that W3CCX is gone. Their 222 beacon was a
powerhouse up here and was a great band indicator.
So my question is what are the beacons on the air today on 222? My list was:
K1IIG/b in FN31? 222.060 ? QRT now
K2DLL FN23??? ??? 222.0492??? 30 dB typical in summer.
W2UTH??? FN12??? 222.0503??? very weak fades in and out.
KO1I/b in FN44?? loud here
K3CX/b?? FM29???? 222.0528 ? ? ? ? ? not heard in a long time. Is it
still operating?
WA4FC/b??? ? FM17?? 222.060 ? ??? ??? ??? Only audible during tropo
openings.
VE2FUT? FN25? 222.280 (?)? ?? ??? 20-25 dB out of noise? NW beam heading
So, I only hear four beacons at the present time and none of them are SW
towards the activity areas.? Any beacons that I am missing?
73
Dave K1WHS
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