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<H1>R1ANF beacon operational</H1>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club reports that, after a long
odyssey from Germany to the Vostok base (R1ANC) in Antarctica, including a
failed start connected with huge logistic problems, the beacon finally was put
into operation at the Russian Antarctic base Bellinghausen,
<STRONG>R1ANF</STRONG>, on King George Island (belonging to the South Shetlands)
on March 8.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Oleg, ZS1ANF</STRONG> (UA1PBA, ex-R1ANF), picked up
the beacon during a trip to the Antarctic Logistic Center International (ALCI)
on Novo Runway and installed it right away at R1ANF after his return to King
George Island. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The beacon consists of an IC-706, AT-180 antenna tuner, a
switching power supply, a PROCOM HF-5000 vertical antenna and a GPS synchronized
controller.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>The<STRONG> beacon is working on 14101.0 kHz</STRONG> and
transmits the following text every full minute "<STRONG>VVV R1ANF
ANTBEAP</STRONG> (carrier signal reduced similar to the NCDXF beacons, starting
with 100 watts) <STRONG>R1ANF AR</STRONG>". </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><STRONG>Another beacon</STRONG> is ready to be installed at
the <STRONG>Novolazarevskaya base</STRONG> and shall be active on the
<STRONG>same frequency</STRONG> using the callsign
<STRONG>R1AND</STRONG>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma>A few <STRONG>more beacons will be set up with the
Antarctic Beacon Project</STRONG> (ANTBEAP) to explore the wave propagation in
the Antarctic region.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=4><STRONG>Any SWL reports are very welcome and
should be sent to Dominik, DL5EBE</STRONG></FONT>.
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