[DSP-10] have 1152 from 1296 RSU

[Courtney Duncan]

Populated the parts of the 1296 RSU board supporting A5, the LO final  
amplifier.  At that point I read 1152.001 MHz!  (Metex MXG-9802A  
counter.)

Don't have a power meter that goes that high (in frequency), but  
extrapolating from the one I do have (KA7EXM) looks like I'm getting  
somewhere between 0 and +20 dBm at that point.  :-)  +20 dBm is, of  
course, nonsense but the measurement is consistent with ("not  
inconsistent with"?) the +5 dBm range expected.

The IF rig here is a DSP-10 which nominally puts out 13 dBm barefoot  
and can be turned down in 1 dB increments from there.  It was designed  
for this application but this is the first time I've had it off 2  
meters.

Received a Hammond HM-838ND from Digikey in which I hope to mount the  
whole transverter.  Goal is to be QRV for tomorrows QSO party, but, as  
always, it's iffy if I can get everything done by then and if anything  
goes wrong I'm hosed.  At this stage I'm usually saying 50/50.   
Anyway, the only outside antenna I have for 1296 is a discone.  To  
work somebody at this power level on that antenna will mean a real  
close neighbor or W6TRW is on the air and I can talk them into beaming  
exactly this way.  ... and they can copy CW... We'll see.

For now...

Next:  finish populating the receiver side and see if I can hear  
myself from an FM HT.  (IC-12AT and/or IC-T81A)

Courtney, n5bf/6

"It's science. They don't know anything; they just make a lot of  
educated guesses."  -- Viannah Duncan

Courtney Duncan, n5bf/6
cbduncan at earthlink dot net
144.200, 7.040.
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