[WSWSS] Re: [Moon-net] Getting started on 10 GHz

[Stan]

Hello Jeff,

At my base station I run 1W and a 2' dish, DX under great conditions is 
830 + Km

For my portable set up 200 milliwatts and a 2' dish,  I work everything 
I can hear on 10 GHz.

at 10.368 GHz and a 2' diameter dish 3 dB beamwidth is about 3.5 
degrees, so going
 to a bigger dish, if possible, increases the requirement to point it 
accurately.

For tropo, my next change will be 50W at the antenna,   with a very low 
noise front end.

Tropo is not local,   local is line of sight.  Tropospheric scatter is 
the longer DX, 500+ miles

My base station is a kluge with a microwave phase locked brick 
oscillator a connectored mixer,
attenuator pads,  w/g filter,  and QUALCOM PA and preamp.

Portable is a DB6NT transverter with IC-706MKII as a 2M  IF strip.

I like the DEM Inc. transverter with their 2W PA. I have talked to a few 
of them....

Stan, WA1ECF




K7XQ wrote:

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>For local tropo QSO's: I am wondering what I would need to start a 10
>GHz station. What equipment is require for a 
>		successful starter station ( Antenna size, TX power )
>Would a DEM 10 GHz transverter be a good choice ??
>
>For the moonnet: What would be the smallest dish for EME and what would
>be the minimum power ?? 
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>K7XQ   Jeff   Atwater, CA.
>Grid: CM97qi
>EME, Satellites, Meteor Scatter
>JT-44, FSK441 ( WSJT ) , CW
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>144 MHz: 4 X 3 W.L. 800 Watts single 3CX800A7
>Initials: 61
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>432 MHz: 2 X 9 W.L. 800 Watts 2 X 4CX400A7
>Initials: 5
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>1296 MHz: 3.1 M Dish 150 Watts 2 X 2C39 water-cooled
>Minimum dish elevation of 20 degrees :<
>Please Note : I have a very late start in the activity because of the
>fact I am on the west coast and have a 
>minimum dish elevation of 20 degrees. This is why I think I miss most of
>the activity during the activity weekends.
>Initials: 22
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