Hi Martin, LFers, I'm taking it that you are referring to me when you said John. It is my first name but I go by my second name of Bruce. You have the beacon frequency correct for "EAR" on 188.830 kH
Martin, I don't think it would be possible with those power levels and antenna limitations. I am much closer to the coast than Bruce and tried running 12W out into a much larger antenna than allowed