[DSP-10] Resolved - the DSP-10 problem!

[Don AE5K]

On 04/27/2013 01:49 PM, Courtney Duncan wrote:
> Don, I just read through your whole ordeal (having been overwhelmed at work for the last month).  It reminds me of bringing my DSP-10 up for the first time in Spring of 2005.  The whole excruciating story was blogged live at
>
> http://cbduncan.duncanheights.com/HamRadio/Dsp10/PhaseOne/PhaseOne.html
>
> Following some all-nighters in March to get the box all working, there were some more all-nighters in June when I was getting the Brickette going.
>

Hi Courtney,

Everything seems fine with my DSP-10 now (and knock on wood here too) 
and I'm in the process now of troubleshooting the old NTMS kit 
transverter that is now at least 3rd hand.  Fortunately the receive part 
of the whole works performs nicely, just not getting any measurable 
power out of the transverter at 1296 yet.  I'm working on it stage by 
stage this afternoon, so hope to be on the air on 1296 with 3 ft. dish 
in rover configuration very soon.  It also helps to have a real nice 
beacon on that band, just installed, that's on a mountain top about 20 
miles away.  We'll be stirring up activity around this area of northern 
Arkansas, southern Missouri, and hopefully beyond.  (That beacon has 
been heard in the Dallas area, probably over 400 mile path.)

I, too, have some of the W1GHZ simple and cheap kits and plan to use the 
DSP-10 with them to at least get started on 902, 2304, 3456 bands too.

Thanks for the input,

73,
Don AE5K
(EM36pc - northern Arkansas Ozarks)
http://ae5k.us