[MAMS] Success

[Zack Widup]

I wish we had the chance to try this morning. The rain just let up a
little bit but we are supposed to get more soon. We have a total of
about 5 inches of rain forecast to be dumped on us from what's left of
Hurricane Isaac.

73, Zack W9SZ


On 9/1/12, Dave Sublette <k4to at arrl.net> wrote:
> 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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