Hi all,
This is something that may be of interest .. To a programmer or two or
three ? There exists collectively the expertise, but can anyone see a way of
producing the system?
The idea came initially from the 'Beacon Bedlam' , that existed south of
Watford gap .. about the only time the skip distance on 500 was 'useful' in
that band conditions in the north west where quite quiet, later to prove a
hindrance,
There already exists a similar system on 5 Mhz , however the transmission
sites are defined and participation is only possible by 'passive reception'
not too appealing for 'experimentation' This is a 'proposal' the concept is
proven , but 'we' need the
services of a programmer or two !! Similar thing's exist but are coded to
use 'pics' ,
One of the main criteria is , that 'anyone' with a windows based pc should
be able to download and install the tx/rx software and join in, be it as a
TX station, simply claim a 'time slot' , or a passive observer being
presented with all 5 slots as a amplitude/time plot.
One of the main attractions would be : TX stations will be able to observe
the other beacons in the chain , eliminating the lonely vigil of being in
perm ante
transmit mode, while providing , at a glance, band conditions for all
involved as well as reducing tx duty cycle time !
The number of TX stations is proposed as 5 in the chain , more may be
possible , but the time control factor may prove too difficult to achieve
within windows , but cw type software in beacon mode would appear top make
a reasonable job of time control ?
Click on http://groups.google.com/group/uk500khz/web/the-big-beacon-project
- or copy & paste it into your browser's address bar if that doesn't
work.
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