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10368 MHz Activity |
My activity on 10368Mhz ....
After successful testing on 23cm, Now it's time to check-out 10Ghz performance of this dish.
At this moment I'm working to complete my EME station based on a 3m prime focus dish shown below.
The proposed station configuration is:
Station outfit:
| Transceiver: TS-2000X |
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Preamplifier: Mod SAT head - 0.6dB |
| Final amplifier: 50Watt Hughes TWTA |
| Antenna system: 3m solid dish, Andrews prime focus - 48dBi / Lineair feed |
| Control system: IN3HER computer interface |
My EME station
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3m Dish with feed (Gain 47.5dB) |
August 2010
Starting the hard job of calibration for 3cm! Pointing accuracy should be within 0.6degr.
Using the sun, the shadow of the feed was positioned exactly in the centre.
Measured sunnoise with an SAT LNB system: 12dB.
September 4th the first attemp on 3cm EME was done: F2TU was seen on Spectran but due to unexperience with the type of signal, I was not able to decode it.
Above operating position for Spectran waterfall, F2TU TRX control, IN3HER dish control computers.
September 2011
Just another year is passed with little progression.
Did do the pointing calbration of the dish into the 0.2degr region and tested all in the ARRL contest in September 2011
Moontracking is now much easier using a SATFINDER device
September 25th I heard and decoded positively DL0EF ( 52), F2TU (52) and UR7D (51)
Below a screenshot of DL0EF
A selection of pictures can be found on the photo gallery