10G Beacon Update April 2024

[@Minimelkav]

Camera looks great! 10ghz is fun

[@n1bug]

I'm having a lot of fun learning and experimenting with 10 GHz!

[@GermanMythbuster]

Very cool project. Love your work! Please never stop sharing your knowledge : )

[@n1bug]

Thank you!

[@foogee5403]

Just wanted to ask about the pipe end caps after realizing those were end caps, before thinking better of it and looking into your videos, definitively the next vid I'm gonna watch, great video! :) (Side note, the audio could have been a little toned down when lisening to the signal but that's probably a lot more work I haven't made any videos in some time hehe.)

[@n1bug]

I agree about the audio level when listening to the signal and apologize for that. I am still learning how to do this. When recording I have no means of knowing what the audio level is. I can adjust in post processing when editing the video but I keep making the mistake of setting the audio level based on my voice and not the signals. When recording it always seems like the receiver audio in the room is less loud than my voice but it doesn't come out that way in the recording. I will try to improve on it next time. Perhaps (this would be more work) the receiver audio should be recorded as a separate track from my narrative. Then the levels could be set independently. The pipe cap video is a long one. My method of doing them ended up being rather unusual but it worked for me. :)

[@loueckert4970]

Very cool Paul, curious where that beacon has been heard. DX on 10GHz is another world. Enjoyed the video, camera did great. 73 de KT1R Lou in FM09 in WV--hope to catch you on 6M this E's season.

[@n1bug]

Great to hear from you Lou. The beacon is still in development and has not been installed yet. It is destined to go at our repeater site on Stickney Hill when finished. That should be a reasonably good site. With my RX-only dish at home I have heard W1GHZ and several beacons on rain scatter, snow scatter, and tropo.

[@andykv59]

Nice camera!

[@n1bug]

Thanks.

[@BalticLab]

Good video! Keep it coming. 73s de AI5GW

[@n1bug]

Thanks for the feedback. There will be at least one more beacon update soon, likely two.

[@ChrisWilson5006]

Excellent Paul, nice project! What's the camera, it is very good? I am into DATV at the moment, still listening on LF and MF but I have not fixed my big linear PSU for TX on LF . It IS still on the to do list though :) Best regards, Chris, 2E0ILY

[@n1bug]

Hello Chris, it's a pleasure to hear from you. The camera is my new smartphone, Samsung Galaxy 24 Ultra. I haven't learned 10% of what that camera can do yet. I miss LF tremendously but the antenna caused so much collateral damage when it fell I can't risk it again. I need to fix my LF big K9AY loop so I can at least listen. I got the beacon key clicks eliminated very nicely and will do a video update sometime this week. Very best regards to you.

[@sv7gbr]

Amazing project Paul, GL! Please any info about the keyer will be useful to me, 73 Manos SV7GBR

[@n1bug]

The original version of the Arduino code by K6HX is here: brainwagon.org/2009/11/14/another-try-at-an-arduino-based-morse-beacon/ I haven't published my changes yet, because I still have more changes to make for reading temperature sensors and including that data in the beacon message. Let me know if you need any other information.