[MAMS] Success

[Dave Sublette]

Good morning Scott,

Well I use a .9M dish with a dual feed for 5 and 10 Ghz.  On a weak 
signal, I only get about +/- 3 degrees to play with on 10G.  Bill must 
have had a whopping signal for me to hear him 15 degrees off!

The dish, a 2x76 el array for 2304 and a single 76 el 3456, along with a 
box with transverters and amps for all four bands are mounted at 185 
feet on my 200 foot rotating tower. I run a single 144 mhz IF cable plus 
a four wire control cable and operate the system remotely from the 
shack. The tower sits 250 behind the shack, so the total length is 435 
feet. I've operated it for nearly ten years.  My QTH is 1102' ASL and is 
the highest pint in the county.  I have a radio horizon of 40 or 50 
miles in every direction.  I hope we can catch an opening and work some 
day.  I have worked W5LUA in Dallas on 3456!

73,

Dave


On 9/1/2012 9:20 AM, Scott wrote:
> What kind of antenna are you using that still receives anything 15
> degrees off?  Maybe a short horn?
>
> Congrats on the 104 miles!  Feels pretty good doesn't it?  :)
>
> N0EDV
> EN45fa
>
>
>
> On 9-1-2012 12:21, Dave Sublette wrote:
>> I am happy to report a successful 10G QSO with K9AYA, EM79qk, 104
>> miles.  We had S-7 signals and I discovered later that I had calculated
>> the wrong heading. I was 15 degrees off.  I wonder what signals would
>> have been like had I pointed at him?!
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Dave, K4TO
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