[NLRS] Temporary RST 10GHz beacon

[James Froemke]

There will be several microwave stations featured at the dish bowl @ CSVHFS conference. Some with EME capability. 
73, Jim

> On Jun 18, 2016, at 3:05 PM, Mary Brown <maryalanab at gmail.com> wrote:
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> What is out there for very low cost microwave transverters. Stuff that doesn't require an engineering degree to interface so single or at most 2 boards tied together? I am thinking of maybe adding 1296 for terrestrial and 10ghz eme(easy to manage with a smaller dish.
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> From: NLRS [mailto:nlrs-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Chris Cox
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 3:02 PM
> To: Mel KC0P; NLRS at mailman.qth.net; NLRS Area 10GHz Operators Alert
> Subject: [NLRS] Temporary RST 10GHz beacon
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Seeing a real live example of equipment in use could be a great catalyst to get others interested in the band.
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> Mel, would you have thoughts on possible locations maybe a few miles away that would give good coverage of the conference site?
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> 73 all
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> Chris
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> Chris Cox, N0UK
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