Last updated Sunday, 03 February 2008
Charts of my recent beacon recordings.
Notes about the Beacons, software and Long-term monitoring
G4ZFQ's Main site index Other monitoring processes, personal etc.
Notes on keeping computer time correct, prolonged monitoring can result in the clock being a long way out.
Some notes on using a remote Long-term monitoring computer and a beginner's notes on using "Excel"
Notes about "Chirpview" another monitoring program and GPS modules.
* Nick, G4IRX's page of almost real time Beacon Monitoring around the UK * Including my uploaded data.
http://g4irx.nowindows.net/fivemegs/ G4IRX Read about how he does it, and the software he uses! This is a really good demonstration of what can be done if you know how! (Or have the perseverance to learn.)
Click link to email If you see no link or it does not work Click HERE GB3RAL - G4ZFQ
G4ZFQ's PAGES AT QSL NET (You may have come from here)
Beacon Logging Archives. I have charts and text files up to date. The whole database from ALL contributors is available from the RSGB site.
http://www.rsgb.org/spectrumforum/hf/5mhz.php
Recordings from2004
Please note at http://g4irx.nowindows.net/fivemegs/logproc.php is a utility that will convert the single beacon format files to the current 3 beacon format so they can be included in the RSGB database.
LOG 23 May to 3 June 2004 From Roger GM0TUB IO77wq Invergordon LINK TO CHARTS
G4ZFQ RECORDINGS GB3RAL @ circa 60 miles. Single beacon until November 2004.
G4ZFQ Loc. IO90IR 50.74N 1.31W Cowes IW SZ487939
Comparisons GB3RAL and G4JNT with Vertical/horizontal antennas. G4JNT at 16 miles away was testing the two new beacons.
Charts may be prepared from .LOG file using Excel. If anyone has Excel I can provide my crude .xls file and some guidance from knowledge I have gained by fumbling around with tips given by others. The Beacon Monitoring program V2 has a different .LOG format. I have modified the .xls. Details at the bottom of this page
The free Open Office suite http://www.openoffice.org/ has a spreadsheet if you do not have Excel. But it is a 90MB download, and you'll have to work out how to use it! It looks similar to Excel.
Distance between IO90IR & IO91IN (GB3RAL) is 92.67 km (57.583 miles), (From http://www.chris.org/cgi-bin/finddis ) With each square 10Km. sides these figures could be +/- about 14Km...........(approx +/- 8.6994345 miles!).