[NLRS] W9HQ plans for Microwave Sprint this Saturday

[David Palm]

OK, that was promising.  Just got in from the back yard where I had my rig
running into a WA5VJB yagi at about 10 feet.  I was able to hear N4PZ
booming in here on 1296.107, S4+ on CW (of course, he runs 1500 watts into
stacked yagis.)  He couldn't hear me, but there was a problem with my feed
line so my side wasn't at its best.  I've swapped that out and should be on
here from EN43oq tomorrow, hopefully around 1 pm CST.  I'll monitor the
ON4KST chat.  Or please call 608-769-1183 for a sked.  Hope to work a
number of you!

73,

David  W9HQ


On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:36 PM David Palm <thepalmhq at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have dusted off an old DEM 1296 transverter (KK7B style board) and
> verified its operation in anticipation of this coming Saturday's microwave
> sprint.  Unfortunately I can't get on until early afternoon, as I need to
> take my youngest daughter to a shooting event in the morning.
>
> This transverter does 3 watts out and I'll be using a WA5VJB "cheap
> yagi".  Height above ground won't be great, but my QTH is good.  I measured
> the Rx path gain today and it's 16.5 dB, so not the hottest receiver; I
> have no clue what the noise figure is, but probably not great either.  Will
> likely put an LNA in front of it at some point, but not before the contest
> since I think it'd be good to get a baseline first.
>
> I think there are several of you close enough to EN43oq (Westby, WI) that
> we could probably make this work.
>
> 73,
>
> David  W9HQ
>
>