[NLRS] [10GHzContest] Temporary RST 10GHz beacon

[WA2VOI, Donn]

Good iddea, Chris.  Had not thought of it myself.

Mel... What about looking (more or less) due east down the valley that US14 runs in ? 
Some map work shows that out ~7-10 miles there are some potential sites for a 
beacon/"other end."

10th St SE + 100th Ave SE (44° 0.370" N 92° 16.764W  10 miles to Kahler Apache.  Google 
Maps shows farm building on three corners, but going a little west on 10th brings you in 
the clear.

CR9 + CR102 (1 mile west of 100th Ave, ~1 mile north)  NE corner has an "AT&T" tower in 
it.  Open fields to SW.  ~9mi & maybe LOS.

CR9 ~ 4000' East of CR119 (70th Ave NE).  This one is not that good, according to Google 
Maps.

Best site from map work is CR9 & CE102.  Tower has parking lot that can be used.  Don't 
think we could leave a car there, but...,

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0

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Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2016 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [10GHzContest] Temporary RST 10GHz beacon


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

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