There have been 18 downloads of  the beacon timing software  PCBCN  this month.  Its still there...

 

 

Andy  G4JNT

 

On 29/02/2008, Graham <[email protected]> wrote:

That's  quite well summed up ! and was one of the reasons for the 'Timed
beacon software' , each end could run it
and still see what was happening on the band.... dont have to  be on the
same frequency and would of given a plot
over time ...

Just need someone to  code it :(

G ..


> Beacon acty would be an indicator for you if propagation was optimum but
> unattended beacons would be pointless, if one was not in a position to go
> into QSO mode immediately given the right conditions.
> To respond immediately a link on 3.5/7 mhz would be useful to indicate
> copy
> at either end and the link needs to be monitored in real time for a quick
> response.
> As far as I can see this is the only approach that will work.
> 73 de Mal/G3KEV
>