{"id":2474,"date":"2012-09-10T14:22:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T14:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.rsgbtestzone.biz\/wordpress\/?page_id=2474"},"modified":"2021-05-01T15:59:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T14:59:24","slug":"vhf-uhf-and-microwave-beacons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/operating\/beacons-and-repeaters\/vhf-uhf-and-microwave-beacons\/","title":{"rendered":"VHF, UHF and Microwave Beacons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6063\" src=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/09\/beacon.jpg\" alt=\"Bell Hill Beacons\" width=\"141\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/09\/beacon.jpg 220w, https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/files\/2012\/09\/beacon-150x139.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 141px) 100vw, 141px\" \/>Beacons provide an essential service for propagation, development and testing. The VHF, UHF and Microwave bands are home to a substantial number of beacons in the UK and abroad. Beacon frequencies and operation are coordinated based on IARU Region 1 technical guidance and band planning.<\/p>\n<p>The current point of contact is Murray Niman, G6JYB who liaises with fellow spectrum managers and the Propagation Studies Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Links with further information:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ukrepeater.net\/beaconlist.htm\"><strong>UK Licensed Beacons<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nList of UK Beacons\/NoVs<\/li>\n<li><strong><a title=\"UK Beacon information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beacons.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UK Beacons<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nUseful webpage for info, maps etc<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"UK Beacon Reflector\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/UKBeacons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>UK Beacons<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nGroups.io list for keepers and technical discussions<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"BeaconSpot\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beaconspot.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>BeaconSpot<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nUK\/European Reception reports\/maps<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iaru-r1-c5-beacons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>IARU-R1 list<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nIARU Region 1 coordinated VHF\/Microwave beacons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beacons provide an essential service for propagation, development and testing. The VHF, UHF and Microwave bands are home to a substantial number of beacons in the UK and abroad. Beacon frequencies and operation are coordinated based on IARU Region 1 technical guidance and band planning. The current point of contact is Murray Niman, G6JYB who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6063,"parent":5844,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2474","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2474\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rsgb.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}