I said “reports” but I should have said that I appear to be sending a beacon indicating I’m sending on the default 20m rather than 2m. My Kenwood TH-D710G does not support CAT control so I have to manually set 2m. Perhaps VarAC doesn’t see that manual frequency change in configuring beacon band text? The macula mentions beacon message text is in VarAC.db - would I have to manually change that using a SQL editor? BRET/N4SRN

OK, thanks - that fits with my observations beaconing at 50W on 2m from a rooftop vertical. Driving away from my QTH I heard a signal on 144.275 at ~15mi line-of-sight distance but nothing 15min later. In my location/geography, VaraAC will be useful for local comms on 2m - a better range than voice for sure. I’ll work on mapping NVIS for intermediate range on HF. BRET/N4SRN