At 09:41 AM 4/17/2010, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
Hearing test carriers MUCH better today! Give it a listen, they are saying 350W output today (rather than 30W yesterday ;)
73!
Mark N8MH
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Nothing heard here, but the M2 11-element yagi (11.3 dBd/13.4 dBi) cannot be elevated (Moon is now 18-deg) so probably Moon is out of the beam. I am using a Gasfet preamp on this antenna whose normal use is for terrestrial 70cm SSB/FM.
Back to work on getting the dish ready (perhaps tomorrow?): hooking up 432 antenna, preamps for 432 & 1296, and 432 TR relay, plus getting az-el system calibrated. Got the 432 & 1296 Pa's installed yesterday and some things that didn't work out and will have to be done after the weekend. All wiring to the dish have to be tested, yet. Yeah, a bit behind the curve for working Arecibo ;-)
73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-600w, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-fall 2010 DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa@hotmail.com ======================================