Beacon project #1  -  A 100mW CW Beacon in the 17m band.

 

General information:

Transmitter frequency: 18.098MHz

Output power: 100mW (measured at antenna connector, into 50 Ohm)

Antenna: 1/2 wave dipole 7m above ground, located in the attic, wires in north-south direction.

Modulation: CW

Message: "CQ CQ CQ SM7ZFB/B BEACON 18.098MHZ 0.1WATT WWW.SM7ZFB.SE"

QTH locator: JO65LS

Please feel free to e-mail RST report to:  beacon (at) sm7zfb.se

Here is the logbook with received reports!

73 DE SM7ZFB

Some close-up pictures of the transmitter

The pictue above shows the doubler and power amp stage in it´s compartment.

This picture shows the finished 100mW transmitter with the PIC10F206 Microcontroller attached.

The red wire that goes between the to compartments, is the the 9.049MHz signal from the oscillator.