All three beacon transmitters (144.550, 432.550 and 1296.550) have been serviced by Maxwell VK5AC and are replaced at Mt Graham. Only 432.550 is currently switched on.
The 1296MHz antenna is in disrepair and the 2M antenna is close to the 2M repeater antenna desensing the repeater badly. As a result the club has not activated the 2M beacon until its antenna is moved. This is likely to happen before the end of November and ready for the DX season.
The fate of 1296MHz is undecided. We may install an antenna on a smaller nearby tower. Power costs (beacons are heavy users), maintenance and usage must be taken into account. It may have to wait until we install solar but this is way down on the list of club projects.
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