Warsaw Radio Amateur Beacon Info

50MHz - 70 MHz -144MHz - 432MHz - 1296MHz -10GHz

Last Update: 02.10.2016 12:17

1st October 2016 - new project has started SR5TDM >> 50MHz / 144MHz / 432MHz / 10GHz will be moved to new location and new QRG

September 2016 - New New ... 28MHz beacon in progress. More new soon!

September 2016 - 10GHz beacon SR5XHW is back on air from KO01KX. 144m ASL and 40m AGL. More new soon!

1st September 2016 - 50MHz and 70MHz beacons are operational. 2m and 70cm beacons are QRT.

1st March 2015 - All beacons are back operational. Rubidium refrence has been replaced. Thanks to SP5MX and SQ5ALQ !!!!

1st December 2014 - We have exprienced AC main power loss. Rubidium reference looks to be broken.

26th June 2014 - Our SR5FHX/B has been spoted by 9K2MU - ODX 3410km !!! 3W and vertical :-)

9K2MU-@        50023.3 SR5FHX       km02 loud                          1645 26 Jun   Poland

4th May 2014 - New Sporadic-E season has started. All beacons are operational

F8GGD          50023.0 SR5FHX/B     IN95UQ<ES>KO02KH                   1634 04 May   Poland  
IZ8DWF         70110.0 SR5FHR       bcn 559                            0837 04 May   Poland  
IZ8NVV         50023.0 SR5FHX       JN70JT<ES>KO02KH 539               0823 04 May   Poland  
IT9TYR         50023.0 SR5FHX/B     ko02<Es>jm78 599                   0803 04 May   Poland

March 2014 - SR5VHW via TROPO

30th of December 2013 - All beacons are operational !!! HNY 2014

June 2013 - We have received SWL card from Ruud SWL_VERON NL 13562 confirming reception of 4m SR5FHR!! TNX

June 2013 - New recordings of 10GHz SR5XHW via Rain-Scatter and SR5VHF on SDR published by Jarek SP4XYD

June 2013 - Recording of SR5FHR on 70.110Mhz published by Konrad DX - Broadcast SWL

1 June 2013 - New updated presentation about Warsaw Beacons - PDF 4MB

2 June 2013

SR5FHR - first spots

SP6MLK 70110.0 SR5FHR/B JO80IK<TR>KO02GH 519 deep qsb 0611 03 Jun Poland
SP5TWA-@ 70110.0 SR5FHR 599 new 4 m beacon in KO02GH 0515 03 Jun Poland
SP2HMR 70110.0 SR5FHR/B JO94GH<TR>KO02GH 419 0502 03 Jun Poland

G7RAU     SR5FHR/B     70110.0    IO90IR<ES>KO02GH 599+    1717z 02 Jun
GW3TKH     SR5FHR/B     70110.0    KO02GH(ES)IO81JM 559    1716z 02 Jun
SP5XMU     SR5FHR/B     70110.0    new beacon pse spot KO021710z 02 Jun
SP8XXN     SR5FHR/B     70110.0    hrd in KO02MD        1250z 02 Jun
SP6MLK     SR5FHR/B     70110.0    JO80IK<TR>KO02GH 419 qsb0616z 02 Jun
SP5NVX     SR5FHR/B     70110.0    ko02            2116z 01 Jun
SP5QAT     SR5FHR/B     70110.0    KO02LB<TR>KO02GH    1906z 01 Jun
SP3RNZ     SR5FHR/B     70110.0    this time OK :-)    1845z 01 Jun

1 June 2013 - Preventive maintenance - DONE !!!

2m / 70cm / 23cm beacons are back operational with rubidium frequency refrence unit

New 4m beacon SR5FHR , click here for photo gallery http://picasaweb.google.com/sp5xmu/WarszawskieRadiolatarnieUKF

11 may 2013 - Preventive maintenance !!!

2m / 70cm / 23cm beacons are temporary QRT for preventive maintenance

11 may 2013 - SR5XHW recorded by Robert SQ8AQX !!! on 8th of May 2013

3 May 2013 - First spot of SR5XHW via RS

US5WU 10368865.0 SR5XHW/B ko20<rs>ko02 59s++ qtf280 1714 03 May Poland

2 May 2013 - New 3cm beacon SR5XHW build by Piotr SP5QAT

QRG: 10368.862 MHz - synchr. GPS  
QTH Loc: KO02LB - temporary
PWR: ok. 4W  
Antena: 2 x 8 slot  
Mode: F1A


Spots are welcome via DX-Cluster. GL in RS season 2013 !!

24 April 2013 - New Sporadic Es season has started. New 4m beacon in progress !!

SR5FHX 50023.4 24 Apr 15:45 SV8CS ko02kh

29 April 2012 - New Sporadic Es season has started

LA3EQ 50023.0 SR5FHX <es>599 1444 30 Apr
F8GGD 50022.1 SR5FHX 429 1455 29 Apr
G4FVP 50022.8 SR5FHX IO94FM<ES>KO02KH 539 1426 29 Apr
GM4ZMK 50023.0 SR5FHX/B IO75TW<ES>KO02KH 539 1352 29 Apr

30 September - All beacon are back on air operational

24 August - SP5V-U-LHW are QRT -Manitenance be back on 29th of August.

12 August - report from Jurek SP2DDV

Witam!
Po dwóch miesiącach znowu doskonale słyszę beacon 70cm 432,460MHz SR5UHW od 559-do599+20dB.
SR5LHW 1296,862 słyszę czasami (rano i wieczorem) do 559! Dzięki! 

5 August - SR5UHW - back operational

3 July - SR5FHX next spots from: UA,LA,9A,EI,DL

3 April 2011 - Sporadic-E is back ( GM4ZMK-@ 50023.0 SR5FHX/B 539 qsb 0934 03 Apr Poland )

23 November 2010 - New updated presentation about Warsaw Beacons - PDF 4MB

19 October 2010 - 17.46utc Surprise Sporadic Es!!!! First reports of SR5FHX from SV8CS and SV2DCD.

5 October 2010 - 17.00utc SR5FHX is back on air from KO02KH. North-West part of Warsaw.

5 October 201- We have received nice letter from our Friends in Lithuania. Big Thanks !!

Hi Tomek,

We would like to thank you and other hams who installed excellent beacon SR5VHW/SR5UHW/SR5LHW.
Please find some video by Oleg LY3UE of 2-Oct-2010. It was not very good tropo, just little.

Hope for some BIG tropo coming weekend!

Best 73 and greetings to all VHF friends

Rytis LY4U @ LY2WR team

09 September 2010 - SR5FHX . We are working in new QTH vertical antenna 5/8 is already fixed onthe mast.

29 August 2010 - SR5LHW frequency corrected to nominal 1296.862MHz. >> Click here to see photo gallery of SR5LHW <<

22 August 2010 - SR5FHX . We are working in new QTH. New locator KO02KH.

15 August 2010 - Power Point presentation of Warsaw Beacons prestented in 12th VHF Technical Meeting in Zieleniec 2010

16 August 2010 - SR5FHX - QRT. We are hardly working in QTH. New locator KO02KH. New antenna 5/8 vertical in progres.

14 August 2010 - SR5LHW on 23cm became operational. Spots via DXCL are welcome.

10 August 2010 - SR5FHX planned to be instaled in new QTH. For 24h operation.

June 2010 - SR5UHW on -air, spots are welcome on DXCL-Cluster

July 2009 - SR5VHW running 10W into 4 x dipoles