[NLRS] 10 GHz Rain Scatter Tuesday nite ?

[Barry Malowanchuk]

Well that was a lot of fun !.....

Thanks ever so much Jon for getting setup and of course the 57A/ 55A QSO . I
did hear Gary  W0GHz and sent 56A, got calls but no report before fading
away.  My LO drifted down about 8 or 9 kHz during the evening and I will
swap out the LO for another before next time.

I need to establish a beacon south of Winnipeg so that I can get a good
bearing calibration and make sure the dish really is on the horizon. For the
record I was running 50W out into 60ft of elliptical waveguide, about 5 ft
of 1/2 inch Superflex (rotator loop) and an 18 inch offset dish at 50 ft.

My grid is EN19lu so I will be interested in the distance.

Best 73
Barry VE4MA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <W0ZQ@aol.com>
To: <ve4ma@shaw.ca>; <jcplatt1@mmm.com>; <nlrs@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [NLRS] 10 GHz Rain Scatter Tuesday nite ?


> Weather radar looking good ... I am going to cram down dinner and head out
to
> the Burnsville site that overlooks 35W and has an excellent view to the
NW.
> Will be operational from there around 6:40 PM +/- a few minutes.   My cell
> phone number is 612-309-4242.  I will be listening on 146.46 FM locally.
I
> will send some RF towards Winnipeg at about 333 degrees on the even
minutes and
> listen on the odd minutes until say 7:30 PM or so.  During receive I will
also
> be dithering the dish a bit.
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
>
> In a message dated 7/29/2003 5:52:07 PM Central Daylight Time,
ve4ma@shaw.ca
> writes:
>
> > I have my feedhorn in my hands ....re-doing the weather proofing. I was
> > going to change the WG flange tonite, but if you want to try it I can
put it
> > back up the tower in 20 minutes.
> >
> > Barry VE4MA
> >
>
>
>
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