18-03-2018, 12:48 PM
(29-11-2017, 01:05 PM)When I lived in Adelaide, VK5VF was always a familiar sound to confirm all was well with my 6m gear. This was way before RBV was activated. Since moving to my current QTH, 200k east, I rarely hear 5VF, but I was delighted to always have RBV as a confirmation. 6M will revert to being a quiet band for me again. BTW, this was my first season using FT8 on 6, and it was great to get some log entries. I cant believe that I was unaware of the clash! But this is sad news. Thanks for the service anyway....Adrian. Wrote: Hello,
due to mounting pressure from the FT8 digital users in VK and ZL, the CW propagation beacon VK5RBV on 50.315 will stop operation before the end of November. It has been in service for over 10 years and not missed a beat during that time. (converted FM828E to a single halo)
If your looking for a propagation indicator from VK5 you can look at 50.320 for a signal.
The future of VK5RBV is not decided but it may come back on a new frequency (50.456?) and mode in the coming years, the paper work alone could take months to see happen as the beacon band plan would need to be re-jigged for such a change to occur.
Regards,
Peter Sumner, vk5pj