[NLRS] W9HQ plans for Microwave Sprint this Saturday

[David Palm]

The shooting event with my daughter went way long, so I'm scuttled in
logging anything with ya'll for the sprint. I can be on for an hour or so,
if anybody still wants to give it a try, give me a call at 608-769-1183.


On Fri, May 3, 2019, 8:25 PM David Palm <thepalmhq at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>