From: "Mike Dennison" <mike.dennison@rsgb.org.uk>
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Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 17:49:31 +0100
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Subject: Re: LF: TransAtlantic II, test notice - announcement
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> An LF beacon in eastern Ontario will be on the
> air shortly, a LowFer beacon is on the air in Southern Ontario as well.
> 

Larry (and Andre as well),

In order for DX beacons to be REALLY useful, ie identifiable on 
Spectrogram etc, they should ideally transmit continuously with 
regular hand-speed callsigns for the audio boys, but also have 
extremely slow CW imposed on it in very narrow FSK for weak 
signal work. Something like 2 or 3Hz shift would be very visible on 
a DSP program but inaudible to the listener. It may be that we 
could have seen the USA beacons by now but it would have been 
impossible to have made a positive identification in any case.  
More work for you!!

Well done on the test licence.


Mike, G3XDV (IO91VT)
http://www.dennison.demon.co.uk/activity.htm