Hello, thanks for the reply, but now I have another question. I'm not good enough with those numbers!
If the calculated ERP is about 243 MW... which derives from changing from dBi to dBd (60dBi - 2.14), the part I don't understand is:
"*Since the given ERP is 243,902,443 Million Watts (see below) and since 60 dB is equivalent to 1000000 (one Million) time in power it comes out that the power reaching the feed of the dish is: 243902443 / 1000000 = 243 watt
The rest of the power 400-243 = 157 watt is lost in the feed line.*"
How do they have feeder losses? thanks in advance,
73s Fabio iw8qku
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Mateusz sq7dqx@poczta.onet.pl wrote:
60dBi is abt 57dB It means 10exp5,7 ERP was 400x10exp5,7 W
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fabio A" iw8qku@amsat.org To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 8:26 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Arecibo on 432 MHz Moon Bounce (some calculations)
Hello all,
just a curiosity, how did you found that the ERP is "... 243,902,443 Million Watts".
Thanks
73s Fabio iw8qku
----- Original Message ----- From: "MM" ka1rrw@yahoo.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:06 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Arecibo on 432 MHz Moon Bounce
Hi all:
Here is a EME event you cant miss. Dust off your CW key, its time for Satellite, QRP EME.
The 1,000 foot dish has 60 dBi on 432 mc and 400 watts. That comes out to be approximately 243,902,443 Million Watts ERP.
enjoy
wf1f www.marexgm.org
(thanks to KB1MGI for passing on this data) ... snip ...