[NLRS] 10G equipment tests and wanted

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

Just got done checking with the 12 GHz + rated attenuators. I can still 
detect the generator harmonic through the diode with a true 12.5 dB 
added attenuation with the generator setting the same as was just 
detectable with the bad FET, so I've improved it at least that much. And 
that's through the relay.

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 >> So conversion to the MGA86576 was the right solution. Someday I'll
 >> build a preamp and power amp and will be able to look for rain scatter
 >> all over the countryside. Maybe work VE4MA on rain scatter. That would
 >> be a nice contact for 2 watts. I probablly can hear rain scatter from
 >> the cities and maybe be heard with 100 milliwatts, maybe not. But I
 >> have more confidence there's a chance of hearing than I did.
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I'll be reading RS forecasts from ZQ more often. I can buzz a mile or 
two and have a good shot north. 9' corn makes shots out of the yard 
tough. For north through NE I can just cross the road going south and 
see over everything in a mile or two. A couple miles north and I can see 
over everything for miles in all directions from rover antenna level.
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Right now my inclination is that I might buzz up to Forest City early 
Friday for the steam show first day, then come home mid afternoon. Then 
join the rovers on Saturday, maybe Sunday. The rover group looked like 
it needed more operators.
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Looking for HP meter (like 400E or 204C audio oscillator) case parts. 
One diecast side, one side panel, top and bottom. Picked up a 204C at 
the Des Moines Hamfest missing those parts. Works OK.

73, Jerry, K0CQ