BEACONS

MARM
Has the following
Radio Propagation Beacons

28.1935 – 7 WATTS – GE MVP Modified
– RG-8U – 5/8 Vertical Antenna

50.018 – 50 WATTS – GE Master II
– RG-8U – HB 3 Element Antenna

144.281 – 10 Watts – GE Exec
– ½” Heliax – Cushcraft A270 – 6S Antenna

432.300 – 25 Watts – GE Exec
– ½” Heliax – Cushcraft A 270 – 6S Antenna

The 144.280 and the 432.300 antennas are on a common boom as well as on the same heliax feedline.
A dual band diplexer (By Larsen) housed in the building combines the two outputs together.

The message being transmitted my morse code is as follows….
“VVV DE VE4ARM/B AMATEUR RADIO MUSEUM AUSTIN MB GRID EN09”

The equipment is housed in our storage building elsewhere on these grounds.

The antennas are mounted on a 40-Foot self supporting tower adjacent to this building.