[NLRS] Temporary RST 10GHz beacon

[Melvynkc0p at aol.com]

Hi Chris, short answer, possible but difficult.
 
Conference site, Kahler Apache is down in a hole, surrounded by trees and  
other
buildings. Best chance is a scatter path from a water tower about 300  
meters away.
This would force the dish pond to be set up where operators could see the  
water
tower. I can find some place where I could set up my system for an hour and 
 beacon
and make contacts back to the conference site. I would think somebody could 
 bring
a weak signal source to put right at the conference Dish Pond.
 
First thought on a beacon for longer would be to rent a room at a motel  
maybe half
mile away and put the beacon in a second story window facing the Water  
Tower. I would
have to check it out if that is a clear path. Maybe someone with more  
imagination
could think of other ways to do it. I am willing to do the one hour thing.  
Not during
microwave antenna gain measurements. No extraneous transmitters,  please..
 
73 Mel KC0P/R
 
message dated 6/18/2016 3:01:55 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
chrisc at chris.org writes:
 
I don’t  know if anyone else has thought about this already but I remember 
my very  first experience of narrowband 10GHz activity was back in the early 
‘80s at  the national RSGB rally/hamfest in London where there was a static 
display by  members of the UK microwave group which had a homemade 
transverter system  tuned to a beacon in the area.

I was thinking of the possibility of  someone setting up a temporary 10GHz 
beacon somewhere in the Rochester area  that we could tune our 10GHz dish 
rigs to at the Central States conference in  the rover pound.

Seeing a real live example of equipment in use could  be a great catalyst 
to get others interested in the band.

Mel, would  you have thoughts on possible locations maybe a few miles away 
that would give  good coverage of the conference site?

73 all

Chris

Chris  Cox, N0UK
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