Welcome to my radio beacon page. The following is the beacon information:

Callsign:	YB9BWN
Gridsquare:	OI71oh
Beacon:	Homebrew crystal-based with IRF510 PA at 2W into a dipole, controlled by a MC68HC908JK3 CPU.

Reception report can be sent via email to kwiadnyana (at) yahoo (dot) com.

The address of the beacon station is as follows:
Jl. Pemuda No. 10
Pojok Tukad Ayung
Denpasar, BALI 80235 - INDONESIA

The radio beacon begins operation on October 23, 2006. This page is continuously being expanded to include equipment photos and reception reports.

The beacon is a homebrew crystal-based transmitter. In its current form (version 4), it uses a crystal oscillator from the two-transistor Universal QRP Transmitter (found in Doug DeMaw's Solid State Design for the Radio Amateur), and it uses a variation of the VXO-Controlled Transmitter (from the ARRL's 1990 handbook). It has 4 2N2222A transistors, driving a 2N2219A with an IRF510 as a PA. Power output is 2W into a horizontal dipole, pointed Northwest + Southeast from my residence. The objective is to direct as much energy as possible to Europe and Australia. I am still hopeful that some SWL in Japan will be able to hear it.

Thanks for checking out my callsign and I hope to see you again on the air, CU es 73.

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Copyright (c) 2006, Ketut Wiadnyana
Drop me a line at ket at the internet address taiga.com
beacon.html; rev 10/23/2006