2 M mid power RF Beacon

2 M mid power RF Beacon

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THIS IS A NEW PRODUCT, PLEASE CONTACT US FOR DETAILS:

 

Features:

  • Programmable IDstring (16 characters max)
  • Programmable radio frequency within the 2 Meter amateur radio band.

  • Programmable output power 1 watt / 250mw
  • Frequency Range:  2M amateur radio band (144Mhz to 148Mhz)
  • Buck/Boost voltage regulator  provides a constant voltage to maximize output power over a wide range if input voltages
  • Programmable tone sequence.
  • Reverse polarity protection on battery input.
  • Antenna: SMA (NOT INCLUDED)

Battery:  NOT INCLUDED

 

Specifications:

  1. Input Power 3.2v to 5V
  2. Input current:  2.0 amps (please use appropriate power source)
  3. Power Connector:  2-pin JST PH
  4. Antenna Connector:  SMA
  5. USB interface:  USB C
  6. UART settings:  9600 Baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit (9600 8-N-1)
  7. Size: 25mm x 60mm (without SMA commentor)
  8. Weight: 15g

 


General operation:

After power is applied, the device will begin to send the idstring via morse code as FM modulated tones.  After the idstring, a programmable number of beeps ( or tones) are transmitted before starting again with the idstring.

Prior to each beep, the serial interface is checked for inbound commands

Command mode will be entered when you press the '!' key.


Command Mode:

 

The following commands are available to control the radio beacon:

 

Command

Description

Default

btone

The audio frequency of the beep in Hz

600Hz

bnum

The number of beeps after the idstring

50

bspace

The time between beeps, in ms *

5000 ms

btime

The duration of each beep, in ms *

100 ms

freq

The RF carrier frequency in Mhz

146.520 Mhz

mtone

The audio frequency of the morse code in Hz

600 Hz

mspeed

Morse code character speed.  See below

100

power

RF output power:  High=1, Low=0

0

go

Exit command mode and resume normal operation

 

id

Idstring (callsign)  1-16 characters

"FCC CALLSIGN REQUIRED"

Notes:

  *  Beep timings are approximate due to the delay when changing radio trasmit mode

 

The 'mspeed' parameter controls the timing of the morse code characters (in milliseconds)

 

dit

1 * mspeed

dah

3 * mspeed

Space between characters

3 * mspeed

Space between words

7 * mspeed