Beacons
Southern California Microwave Beacons: Please check the SBMS website (click here and look down page for beacon list)
Northern California Microwave Beacons: The following beacons are known to be operating as of 08-29-2024:
| Name | Grid | Coords | Freq | Call |
Status |
Power | Ant | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | CM87WJ | 37.403, -122.165 | 122.400G | K6ML |
Up |
+2 dBM ERP | 70 degree horn aimed E | CW ID, locked, 50s carrier |
| Mt Allison | CM97BL | 37.500, -121.872 | 80.832G, 40KHz low | AD6IW |
Down |
unknown | aimed Alviso | CW ID, locked |
| Mt Vaca | CM88WJ | 38.415, -122.116 | 10368.325M | W6ASL |
Up |
+30dBm | 10dBi omni | CW ID, locked |
| Mt Allison | CM97BL | 37.500, -121.872 |
working |
K6MG N6NU/B KF6KVG |
|
not measured +13dBm +7dBm |
10dBi omni 12dBi omni +20 dBi horn 27 deg beamwidth, aimed SW |
CW ID, locked, S-meter output Linear translater: Out:1-40k up, In: -600k CW ID locked CW ID locked |
| Mt Leeson | CM97AE | 37.167, -121.924 |
10367.990 24191.975 47087.99 79919.92 |
KF6KVG |
Up |
+20dBm +20dBm +5dBm -5dBm |
2.5" horn 1.5" horn 1.25" horn 0.6" horn |
FM ID, locked, aimed NW FM ID, locked, aimed NW FM ID, unlocked, aimed NW no ID, locked, aimed NW |
| Bear Mtn being rebuilt | DM06IR | 37.747, -119.281 | 24191.990 | W6BY/B |
? |
+27dBm | 20 slot omni | locked, IDs as DM07IC, will fix |
| Mt Frazier | DM04MS | 34.775, -118.969 | 10368.310 | N6CA/B |
Up |
+31dBm | 14dBi omni | CW ID, locked |
