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OH3SHF Microwave Beacons in Tampere, Finland
OH3TR operates the OH3SHF microwave beacons. The 2.3, 3.4, 5.7, 10 and 24 GHz beacons are co-located with our 6 m and 70 cm FM speech repeater on the Hervanta water tower in KP11VK where we also have our VHF/UHF/microwave contest station. The 2.3/3.4/5.7/10/24 GHz beacons are off the air starting 31th October 2021 due to construction work on the water tower Our 1.3 GHz beacon is licensed again for at least one year at a time now. It is hosted by the OH3NE club at their repeater site on the Tesoma water tower.
This picture of downtown Tampere at night, taken from the observation platform in Hervanta to the northwest where the Näsinneula observation tower with its OH3RNE FM repeaters is the distinguished landmark of Tampere, should give you an idea about the ideal location of the site. The horizon is far, far away, no matter which direction you look to. More pictures and a video clip can be found on the page profiling our VHF/UHF/SHF contest station.
The beacon antennas in Hervanta are mounted on a tubular mast on the sightseeing platform, about 210 m asl/55 m agl. The picture shows the original installation on our VHF/UHF/microwave contest tower. The tip of the tower is 222 metres above sea level and 67 metres above ground level on the highest hill in town, quite near the university. The hardware is made by OH3LWP and OH3MCK with some help from the club members in installation and testing. On the upper bands, the leading edge of the first dash of the letter "O" in the message is synchronised with a GPS receiver to the start of every minute. The 23 cm beacon is utilizing the PI4 mode by OZ2M. Frequency accuracy of the beacons is better than 100Hz. The upper bands in Hervanta used originally a home brewed GPS locked 10 MHz reference by OH3MCK. The Philips GPS unit was later changed to a Rockwell one go tet rid of drift burst problems. Both sites now use a 10 MHz reference from a Tekelec Temex GPS disciplined timing unit. "We are always exact, with other beacons your mileage may vary"OH3SHF 1.3 GHz beacon on 1296.850 MHz
The 23 cm beacon was shut down by Traficom 31st March 2020 because the radio amateurs in Finland lost the general access to the band. The beacon has now received an license extension to operate for one year at a time so far. OH3SHF 2.3 GHz beacon on 2320.842 MHz
OH3SHF 3.4 GHz beacon on 3400.800 MHz
OH3SHF 5.7 GHz beacon on 5760.800 MHz
OH3SHF 10 GHz beacon on 10368.800 MHz
OH3SHF 24 GHz beacon on 24048.800 MHz
All bands have individual messages: Beacon message for 1.3 GHz: Beacon message for 2.3 GHz: Beacon message for 3.4 GHz: Beacon message for 5.7 GHz Beacon message for 10 GHz The 1.3 GHz signal is multiplied by two from a VCO running at about 648 MHz locked to reference. The 2.3 GHz signal is multiplied by two from a VCO running at about 1,15 GHz locked to reference. The 5.7 GHz signal is multiplied by four from a VCO running at about 1,4 GHz locked to reference. The 10 GHz signal is multiplied by six from a VCO running at about 1,7 GHz locked to reference. CW keying is done at VCO frequency. The 5 and 10 GHz beacons were installed and activated in KP11VK on 15th June 2002 by OH3LWP and OH3MCK. The 2.3 GHz band was installed and activated in KP11VK on 13th May 2003 by OH3LWP and the group. You can find some pictures of the installation here. The 10 MHz GPS locked reference was added by OH3MCK in June 2003. The beacon was QRT for a few weeks during the summer of 2003 due to damage from a lightning strike. The 2.3 GHz band transmitter power was increased to 50W on 17th December 2003. The 3.4 GHz band was installed and the 10 GHz TX power was increased to 4 W by OH3LWP in June 2005. Some bands were again QRT for a few weeks during the summer of 2005 due to another lightning strike. This time more suppressors were added, also in the lines coming from the tower to the rack in the shack. The beacon was restored fully operational August 15th by OH3MCK and OH3LWP. The 24 GHz beacon was installed by OH3LWP and OH3MCK July 12th, 2006. The GPS reference was also updated then. All other beacons except 24 GHz have been off the air twice during September/October 2006. The problem was traced to a bad connection at the fuse holder in the +17 volt supply. The faulty holder was replaced October 9th. The 1.3 GHz beacon was installed by OH3LWP, OH3HWX and OH3BK October 2nd, 2016. Reception reportsWe have picked up some exceptional reports of the beacon via DX Summit:
Here follows the complete listing of spots: 2003 SM0DFP 5760800.0 OH3SHF 5dB above noise 1917 16 May 2003 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 53s in JP81NG, 2G and 10G beac1157 25 May 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 41S, 1SHH 52S, OH3SHF 5760800 2200 29 Jun 2003 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 539 in JP81NG 0501 30 Jun 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.0 SK1SHH 42S,0SHH 51S,OH3SHF 5760,8 5390503 30 Jun 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.0 SK1SHH 41S,0SHH-42S,OH3SHF 5760,8 5391826 30 Jun 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 529,3HSS 419,OH3SHF 5760=539 1143 07 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.0 SK1SHH 419, 0SHH 529,OH3SHF 5G7 529 1655 07 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 519, oh3shf 5760 559 2110 07 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368843.0 SK0SHI 529. oh3shf 2320 579 2111 07 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.0 SK1SHH 17S, OH3SHF 5760 559 1819 09 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 59S, 0SHH 53S, OH3SHF 5G7,559 1821 09 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.1 SK1SHH 57S, OH3SHF 2320 529 1823 09 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 599, oh3shf 5760, 539 2225 10 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.0 SK1SHH 529, oh3shf 2320 539 2226 10 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 429, OH3SHF 2G=549, 5G= 559 2127 12 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 599, 0SHI 599 OH3SHF 2G3 529 2339 13 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 529, 0SHI/1SHH nil, OH3SHF 5G-2113 14 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 1296834.0 OH6SHF 549, OH3SHF 2320 559 OH0532 16 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 1296834.0 OH6SHF 549, OH3SHF 2320 559 0532 16 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 529, OH3SHF 5760 559 0533 16 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 41S, 2320= 559, 5760= 56S 2136 16 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 1296834.0 OH6SHF 579, OH3SHF 2G3 559, 5G7 56SOH2109 17 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 1296834.0 OH6SHF 579, OH3SHF 2G3 559, 5G7 56S 2109 17 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 529, OH3SHF 5760 56S 2110 17 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368807.0 OH3SHF 54S vy QSB in JP81NG 2117 17 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 52S in JP81NG, OH3SHF 5G 54S 0824 26 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368807.0 OH3SHF 53S in JP81NG, 5760= 59S 0818 27 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.0 SK1SHH 559 in JP81NG, OH3SHF NIL 2053 28 Jul 2003 SM3BEI 10368843.0 SK0SHI 579 JP91NG, OH3SHF 5760 539 0510 10 Aug 2003 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF Not heard, but 5760800 599+30d2358 11 Aug 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.0 SK1SHH 56S in JP81NG, OH3SHF 5G 549 2323 14 Aug 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 52S in JP81NG OH3SHF 5G7 53S 1542 26 Aug 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 55s in JP81NG OH3SHF 5G7 569 0813 18 Sep 2003 SM3BEI 10368851.0 SK1SHH 569 in JP81NG OH3SHF/5760 559 2235 01 Oct 2003 SM3BEI 10368839.0 SK0SHH 52s in jp81ng OH3SHF NIL for l1639 09 Oct 2003 2004 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF 55 norm nil copy OH0541 17 Apr 2004 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF 55 norm nil copy 0541 17 Apr 2004 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF 559 in JP80. norm=Nil OH0427 02 May 2004 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF 559 in JP80. norm=Nil 0427 02 May 2004 SM0LCB 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B S1 weak in jo86gh OH2310 06 Aug 2004 SM0LCB 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B S1 weak in jo86gh 2310 06 Aug 2004 SM0LCB 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B S1-2 in jo86gh 0348 07 Aug 2004 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 59 IN JP80 2030 09 Sep 2004 SM0DFP 2320844.0 OH3SHF KP11VK 589 QRB 400km 2119 03 Nov 2004 SM0DFP 5760806.0 OH3SHF KP11VK 579 ufb sigs 2121 03 Nov 2004 DL7VTX 2320845.0 OH3SHF/B 529 kp11-jo62 2347 10 Dec 2004 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 529, 5G7 549, 2G3 559 in JP81N2155 23 Jun 2005 SM3LBN 2320840.0 OH3SHF 539 2216 26 Jun 2005 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF 529 2216 26 Jun 2005 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 549 in JP81NG 2219 26 Jun 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599 in JP81NG, 5G7=599+20, 2G=2209 07 Jul 2005 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599+30dB in JP81NG 5G7= 599+202211 07 Jul 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 559, 5G7= 579, 2G3 = 599 2109 09 Jul 2005 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599 in JP81NG 5G7=579 2111 09 Jul 2005 SM7LCB 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B JO86>KP11 706km/033deg 1928 18 Aug 2005 SM7LCB 10368800.0 OH3SHF Misstake by me, no copy! 1932 18 Aug 2005 SM7LCB 10368800.2 OH3SHF Misstake by me, no copy! 1932 18 Aug 2005 SM0DFP 5668800.0 OH3SHF 559 in jo89vk 0416 19 Aug 2005 SM0DFP 5760800.0 OH3SHF sri, QRG 5760.800 0420 19 Aug 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599+, 5760 59+40, 2G3 59+60 2214 19 Aug 2005 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF 539 0438 20 Aug 2005 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF 519 0450 20 Aug 2005 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 529 norm nil 1337 20 Aug 2005 SM1HOW 10368809.0 OH3SHF KP11>JO97 539 2131 20 Aug 2005 SM3BEI 10368842.0 OH3SHF 559 in JP81NG, 5G7 is 579 0541 01 Sep 2005 SM0DFP 10368800.0 OH3SHF s1 on 3 and s5 on 6cm 0531 02 Sep 2005 SM3BEI 1296927.0 OH2SHF 599, OH3SHF 599 2/5/10 G 0539 22 Sep 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599+, also 2G, 5G, in JP81NG 0541 22 Sep 2005 SM4DHN 1296974.0 OH3SHF/B 539 0727 08 Oct 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 519 condx norm, No tropo 0526 09 Oct 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 529 in JP81NG, Slight Tropo 0536 11 Oct 2005 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 529 1955 12 Oct 2005 SM0DFP 2320842.0 OH3SHF kp11vk 579 norm nil 1947 13 Oct 2005 SM0DFP 5760800.0 OH3SHF 539 norm nil 1952 13 Oct 2005 SM7GEP 2320842.0 OH3SHF jo77>kp11 559 norm nil 2006 13 Oct 2005 SM0DFP 10368800.0 OH3SHF 539 and increasing 2019 13 Oct 2005 SM7LCB 10368800.0 OH3SHF JO86>KP11 706km 539! fb! 2029 13 Oct 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599 in JP81NG, 2G, 5G 599++ 0506 17 Oct 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599+ in JP81NG also 2/5G 1628 17 Oct 2005 SM0DFP 2320842.0 OH3SHF 539 in QSB 1836 17 Oct 2005 SM3AKW 2320842.0 OH3SHF 579 jp92 1853 17 Oct 2005 SM7GEP 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B jo77>kp11 569 Any OH qrv? 1913 17 Oct 2005 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF 559 kp11(>jp80 1922 17 Oct 2005 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF OH3SHF 599 1924 17 Oct 2005 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B 559 2047 17 Oct 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 419 in JP81NG Condx E normal 0516 18 Oct 2005 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 419 in JP81NG, 5G 549 2G 569 1105 18 Oct 2005 SM0DFP 5760800.0 OH3SHF 539 kp11-jo89 0503 20 Oct 2005 2006 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 599+20db !! 2121 06 Jan 2006 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 599+20db any stn for qso? 0830 07 Jan 2006 SM3AKW 2320842.0 OH3SHF 59+9 jp92ao 1151 07 Jan 2006 SM6AFV 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 55 KP11>JO67 1200 07 Jan 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599 JP81NG also 5760/2320 599 1752 07 Jan 2006 SM0DFP 2320843.0 OH3SHF/B kp11vk 2123 07 Jan 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF KP11VK 59 in JP81 as 5/10G als0357 07 May 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF KP11VK 59 in JP81, 5 & 2G also0400 07 May 2006 SM1HOW 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B 559 JO97 es GN 2216 17 Jun 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599+++ in JP81, as 5 & 2G beac0419 18 Jun 2006 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 599+++ in JP81, as 10G 2,3G Be0421 18 Jun 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599+++ in JP81, as 5,7 & 10G b0422 18 Jun 2006 SM7LCB 10368800.0 OH3SHF JO86>KP11 706km 579 fbcpy 2116 03 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599+++ KP11VK-JP81NG, +2/5Gbe2105 05 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599+++ KP11VK-JP81NG, +5G/10G 2106 05 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 599+++ KP11VK-JP81NG, 2G/10G 2107 05 Jul 2006 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF 579 norm nil 0308 06 Jul 2006 SM0DFP 5760800.0 OH3SHF KP11 579 in jo89 norm nil 0425 06 Jul 2006 SM7LCB 10368799.5 OH3SHF JO86>KP11 706km 539 0433 06 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 539 KP11VK-JP81NG 0529 06 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599 ++ KP11VK - JP81NG 0532 06 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 419 in JP81 5/2G 579 2151 06 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 579 in JP81 5Gbeac 579 2152 06 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 589 in JP81, increasing 2338 06 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 419 in JP81NG, 5G beac 559 0522 07 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 589 IN jp81, kp11vk 0523 07 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 589 in JP81, 10G beac NIL 2040 07 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 569 in JP81, 10G beac NIL nw 2041 07 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 589 in JP81 10Gbeac NIL 0459 08 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 569 in JP81 OH2SHF NIL 0500 08 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 569, KP11/JP81 norm, 10G-NIL 0517 11 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 559, KP11/JP81 norm, OH2SHF/100523 11 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 569 in JP81, 5/10G beac 59+ 2037 12 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599+++ KP11-JP81 UFB Tropo 2043 12 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 539 KP11-JP81, OH2SHF NIL 0508 13 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 569, KP11-JP81, 5G Beac 559 0510 13 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 559 in JP81, 10G Beac NIL 2218 15 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 5760800.0 OH3SHF 559 in JP81, OH2SHF/10G NIL 2219 15 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599+++ KP11-JP81 UFB Tropo 2038 16 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599 BOOMING as 5,7G beacon 2039 16 Jul 2006 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599 0136 17 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599+++ in JP81, OH2SHF NIL 0444 17 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599+++ in JP81, as 5,7G beac 0446 17 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599 ++ in JP81 1601 22 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 559 in JP81, 5G-beac 599 1601 22 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599 ++ in JP81, OH2SHF NIL 2314 22 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 579 in JP81NG 0400 23 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 559 in JP81, 5G Beac 579 0521 24 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 579 in JP81NG, normal 0528 24 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 569/S in JP81NG 2037 24 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 599 in JP81, 5G beac 599 2041 24 Jul 2006 ES2RJ 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B kp11vk-ko29km 559/S 2107 24 Jul 2006 SM3AKW 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 599 2113 24 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599 + in JP81, OH2SHF NIL, 10G2228 24 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 59+40 as 5g7 beac in JP81NG 2230 24 Jul 2006 ES2RJ 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B 599+++ in KO29 Pure Tropo 0355 25 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 59+20, 5G Beac 59+30 in JP81 0500 25 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 579, OH2SHF 10G beac NIL, QRT 0502 25 Jul 2006 SM3AKW 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 599 JP92AO 2100 25 Jul 2006 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B 53RS 1912 27 Jul 2006 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF KP11>JP80 RS 2156 27 Jul 2006 SM3BEI 2320842.0 OH3SHF 59++ JP81, QRV 2320200 ESE 0447 06 Aug 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 599 in JP81, OH2SHF NIL 0448 06 Aug 2006 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B 539 0540 09 Aug 2006 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF/B 579 Anyone qrv 3cm in OH ? 0522 10 Aug 2006 ES2RJ 10368800.0 OH3SHF 55S KP11-KO29 QTF 340 1454 16 Aug 2006 ES2RJ 10368800.0 OH3SHF 57S QTF 342 deg. 1115 21 Aug 2006 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF 51RS 1831 22 Aug 2006 SM3BEI 10368800.0 OH3SHF 569 in JP81 5760 beac 599 1658 24 Sep 2006 2007 OH5IY-@ 2320942.0 OH3SHF/B Tropo 25 dB over noise 1742 06 Feb 2007 SM3LBN 10368800.0 OH3SHF 539 0510 26 Mar 2007 SM3LBN 2320842.0 OH3SHF 539 2100 26 Mar 2007 SM3AKW 2320842.0 OH3SHF/B 599 1816 27 Mar 2007 SM7LCB 10368799.2 OH3SHF JO86>KP11 706km 539 FB! 2021 28 Mar 2007 More recent reports are available on the DX Summit (press Refresh spots if you can't see the spots). More pictures of the beacon and antennasThe pictures are here for download. Please feel free to use them, just mention the source. You can find the list of all Finnish amateur radio beacons on the SRAL pages.
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