New dual mode 2m beacon in France

| August 30, 2013

A new generation digital and analogue 2m beacon is now operational in France. F5ZRB is near Bubry, which is locator IN87KW, and operates on 144.405MHz. It transmits both analogue telegraphy and digital JT65B with its sequences of emissions controlled by the Global Positioning System. To decode the JT65B data your receiver must show 144.4035MHz Upper Sideband. More about this new propagation alert is on the web at tinyurl.com/F5ZRB-Beacon.

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