2m beacon to bridge Indian Ocean

[VK2ZRH]

Bridging the VHF path between South Africa and Australia across the India Ocean, spanning more than 8500 km, is being attempted with a beacon in Perth on a frequency of 144.950 MHz.

Established by the Northern Corridor Radio Group, the beacon - VK6RIO - uses Chirp modulation, which can be detected some 50 dB below the noise floor in a 2 kHz bandwidth.

The beacon employs GPS-locked frequency, time and Chirp synchronisation, runs 100 W feeding 4-by-8 element Yagis aimed at South Africa - giving it an effective radiated power of 100 megawatts (as a result of the chirp signal processing)

From the Amateur Radio Victoria website.

73, Roger Harrison VK2ZRH
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[VK4TS]

Come on Roger you have taken all the fun out of the last post..