I run 10 GHz and my favorite mode is rainscatter. There are folks in the microwave circles that have made contacts out to 600-800 Km via rainscatter while running anywhere between 2 and 10 Watts. I run 2-3W into a converted DirecTV dish with 34 dB gain (measured on an antenna range at a Microwave Update conference quite a few years ago), and thus about 6000W ERP.
My station and operating ends at the 23cm segment, I have been intrigued of late by 10 GHz....and some of its capabilities with a small dish. I would love to use it for EME, mostly due to it's small dish size - I have done at a friends station a couple of rain scatter and that is fascinating stuff......I just did not get to do enough of it to get a real feel.
Hi All, great show ya, Your station is looking great Greg. The weather in Jim Wells co. TX is in the low 70s for high temps and mid 40s for a low temp. Greg introduced me to weak signal uhf vhf from then on I was hooked . I was always told that uhf vhf was line of sight , when I made my first ssb contact to Florida I was amazed at the ability to make dx contacts on uhf vhf via Tropho. I also love speratic E contacts on 2 meters in the summer .Great info on on emergency coms. I have been trying to set up an informal neighborhood com net on fmrs for emergency situations . There have been a few times here where we have had bailouts and communication with neighbors would have be better through radios rather than phones. Enjoyed the show keep up the great work ....... 73
Took me a long time of working you on 52 during my travels to Southwest Texas to get you on board...but once you did ...look out work you were on the way.
I run 10 GHz and my favorite mode is rainscatter. There are folks in the microwave circles that have made contacts out to 600-800 Km via rainscatter while running anywhere between 2 and 10 Watts. I run 2-3W into a converted DirecTV dish with 34 dB gain (measured on an antenna range at a Microwave Update conference quite a few years ago), and thus about 6000W ERP.
My station and operating ends at the 23cm segment, I have been intrigued of late by 10 GHz....and some of its capabilities with a small dish. I would love to use it for EME, mostly due to it's small dish size - I have done at a friends station a couple of rain scatter and that is fascinating stuff......I just did not get to do enough of it to get a real feel.
Hi All,
great show ya,
Your station is looking great Greg. The weather in Jim Wells co. TX is in the low 70s for high temps and mid 40s for a low temp. Greg introduced me to weak signal uhf vhf from then on I was hooked . I was always told that uhf vhf was line of sight , when I made my first ssb contact to Florida I was amazed at the ability to make dx contacts on uhf vhf via Tropho. I also love speratic E contacts on 2 meters in the summer .Great info on on emergency coms. I have been trying to set up an informal neighborhood com net on fmrs for emergency situations . There have been a few times here where we have had bailouts and communication with neighbors would have be better through radios rather than phones. Enjoyed the show keep up the great work ....... 73
Took me a long time of working you on 52 during my travels to Southwest Texas to get you on board...but once you did ...look out work you were on the way.
sounds like we need Bonnie Tylers Total Eclipse of the Ham song played.
that might be a great idea :)