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Silent Key
The USA's only Four Meter Amateur Radio beacon has renewed it FCC Part-5 (Experimental) license for another two years.
Atop Apple Orchard Mountain (Bedford County, VA) in Grid Square FM07fm at a height of 4300 feet.
Callsign: WG2XPN
Frequency: 70.005 MHz CW
ERP 3kW from a Yagi aimed at 60 degrees true north. The trustee of (Brian Justin, WA1ZMS/4) advises that the beacon is operating 24/7. The beacon has been heard via multi-hop E-skip in the UK and other locations in the EU over the past few years. QSL reports are encouraged via the DX cluster or beaconspot.eu.
https://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?topic=113897.0
Original 4M posting when it went on the air. http://www.70mhz.org/index.php?categoryid=1&p2_articleid=365
Atop Apple Orchard Mountain (Bedford County, VA) in Grid Square FM07fm at a height of 4300 feet.
Callsign: WG2XPN
Frequency: 70.005 MHz CW
ERP 3kW from a Yagi aimed at 60 degrees true north. The trustee of (Brian Justin, WA1ZMS/4) advises that the beacon is operating 24/7. The beacon has been heard via multi-hop E-skip in the UK and other locations in the EU over the past few years. QSL reports are encouraged via the DX cluster or beaconspot.eu.
https://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?topic=113897.0
Original 4M posting when it went on the air. http://www.70mhz.org/index.php?categoryid=1&p2_articleid=365