Low Frequency Beacons and Weak Signal Reception
Paul Daulton, K5WMS
Paul will be speaking about becoming involved in
weak signal reception in the low frequency bands and how to put up a Lowfer beacon. Interest is waining
in the Lowfer group and we need some new blood. Hopefully we can get a
couple of converts!
Biography:
I
am 65 years old, I was first licensed in June 1959. I hold an Advanced
class license (since 1868). I am married to Glenda (37 years) we have
one daughter Gina who is Director of Financial Aid at the Univ of
Arkansa Medical School in Little Rock. Glenda and I live near
Jacksonville, Ar in north Pulaski Co. We are both retired.
I attended Arkansas State
Teachers College (now UCA) and University of Arkansas at Little Rock
majoring in Engineering Technology. I worked for 20 years in
manufacturing at A O Smith, Curtis Mathis, Baldwin
Electronics and Franklin Electric. At Franklin Electric I was a project
engineer, application engineer, and enginnering test lab supervisor. I
changed careers to transportation and worked as a driver, dispatcher
and terminal manager until retirement.
I am a licensed pilot with
about 1200 hours. I have owned and rebuilt a couple of Piper J-3 cubs
and a Luscombe 8-A. I also like woodworking and have restored several
Shopsmith MK-V's and a 10-er. My activities in ham radio in the early
60's was mainly on VHF AM. I have restored just about every thing
National ever made and dozens of Hallicrafter recievers and
tranceivers. I have two articles on recievers in 73 magazine. A direct
conversion receiver called The Explorer using the TDA7000, and a
superhet receiver called The Traveller. These were published in '93 and
'95, I still get letters about them. I have been on every band from 1.8
mhz to 432, even ATV. My main interest in radio has always been
building. I am currently restoring a HRO-M, a RAS (Navy version of
HRO-JR) and a Hallicrafter SX43.
My collection of QRP rigs
includes an 80m and 40m SSB tranceiver of my own design called the
Centennial. I also have built three of the Bitx ssb rigs designed by
Asshar Farhan, an Indian ham. I
have two of the Hendricks MMR-40 CW/SSB tranceivers by Steve Webber
KD1JV, one of these is modified to 80 meters. I also have built
Hendricks Bitx 20a a 20m ssb rig. One of my favorite projects is the
Science Workshop "Poor Mans Spectrum Monitor" which covers from 2mhz to
1400 mhz.
I have long been interested
in Lowfer work. My friend Dave W5DSB built rigs back in 2001 and we
communicated a short distance, In 2006 I copied beacons MO, WEB, and IP
on the part 15 band. I retired in Dec 2006. I erected my permanent antenna for my lowfer beacon in Sept 2007 and tinkered until my first out of state report from Dave W0CH in Jan 2008. I have since gathered reports from Mn, Il, Pa, NY, CT, Tn, Sc, Mo, La, Co, AR, and OK.
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