[HoustonHam] [Microwave] Parting out 6 GHz gear

[Dave]

Chris;

This was not STL gear. These were network feeds pre-satellite. Fairly 
old gear; TWTs'. Have all the manuals and maintenance records but I 
would never consider placing them in service, even for amateur use.  The 
technology is just too old. The PLOs' are useful as is some of the hardware.

I thought STL was in the 1.8-2.2 GHz range. It's been many years since I 
was involved in broadcast.

I do have some Terracom units used for STL. Still trying to decide 
whether or not to modify the units for HAM use; maybe for ARES disaster 
assessment applications.  Again, no dishes with them!

The repeater is a Micor with a loaded S-Com 7K controller and the can 
set is WACOM WP-609. The Wacom gear and S-Cam were new when I got them.

There are a number of spares for the repeater including a spare set of 
channel elements on the repeater frequencies. Full documentation, of course.

As soon as I catch up on some maintenance I hope to get back on 23cm 
(ICOM 1275) and then on to 10 GHz.

FWIW I have a fairly complete machine shop shop here; no large gear but 
well equipped. The lab goes up to 22GHz; mostly HP and Tek a couple of 
generation old but still in good shape.

Dave, W5WP



  11/20/2011 3:37 PM, Chris Boone wrote:
> KBMT link?? Towers??
> Only link I know of is the one hop STL path from the studios in Beaumont to
> the transmitter for KBMT and KITU-LP....(I am the SBE Freq Coordinator for
> the area and know all the engineers at KBMT; Russ Ingram, KJ5CX is a friend
> and is transmitter engineer for KBMT and gave me the SAGE EAS box that is on
> my 444.5 rptr). KBMT never owned any paths or dropped any towers.
>
> As to the 6m gear, what do you have??
>
> Chris
> WB5ITT
> SBE 134 Vice Chairman and Freq Coordinator
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:houstonham-
>> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Dave
>> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:23 PM
>> To: Amateur (Ham) Radio in Houston. TX and surrounding areas
>> Subject: Re: [HoustonHam] [Microwave] Parting out 6 GHz gear
>>
>> Hi, Chris;
>>
>> First life I have seen on this list in quite a while.
>>
>> This equipment is from the old TV microwave link system (in fact, I just
>> scrapped out the TX from the KBMT link). I was given the opportunity to
>> be there (and scrounge) when they started dropping the towers along the
>> paths.
>>
>> I am keeping the 10GHz gear that was at the sites.
>>
>> My neighbor and I did manage to get some tower sections which we
>> disassembled and use for structural projects.  Useless as tower after
>> the drops.
>>
>> I really wish I could have gone up and gotten a couple or more of the
>> dishes but the contractor would not allow it and I did not have the
>> appropriate rigging with me to lower the dishes. I could really use a
>> couple as a friend and I would like to set up a link between us. He has
>> a 350 ft. tower.
>>
>> Let me know if you want  anything as I plan to scrap the last dozen or
>> so in the next couple of weeks.
>>
>> A: I need the space and B: I can use the money. I need to get a match
>> set of xsistors for one of my IC2KL linears, It had the GAUL to die one
>> me after 35 years of contesting and DXing<g>!
>>
>> BTW: I will be disposing of my complete 6 meter repeater package. I just
>> don't have enough height here for it to be useful.
>>
>> Dave, W5WP
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