A 6M beacon will operate from central Ohio on April 8 as part of the
HamSci (https://hamsci.org) eclipse science program. The goal is to
detect propagation effects along the line of the total solar eclipse.
On eclipse day, N8GA will transmit a continuous carrier with CW ID every
ten minutes and UTC-aligned ticks during part of each minute. Power
will be about 100 watts into a horizontally polarized omnidirectional
antenna. The frequency is TBD but will be just below 50.080 MHz and
controlled by a cesium atomic reference with GPSDO as backup.
N8GA is located north of Urbana, Ohio in EN80. W8EDU (Case Western
Reserve University ARC, Cleveland, EN91) and N8UR (Dayton, EM79) will be
monitoring it to detect frequency and amplitude variations. All three
stations are in the path of totality.
We'd like reception reports from any others who hear the beacon.
Information showing changes in frequency or amplitude will be
particularly valuable. Please send reports, or any questions, to jra at
febo dot com.
73,
John N8UR
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