At 21:02 18/06/2008, you wrote:
On Jun 18, 2008, at 2:46 AM, i8cvs wrote:
A 3 to 4 foot dish with a 2400/144 MHz downconverter in the focal point and connected to any old 144 MHz CW/SSB receiver mounted on the balcony was sufficient to receive a nice downlink from all over the world by many users
Yeah, and most of us, especially new hams, just happen to have a 3 to 4 foot dish laying around.
73s John AA5JG
HEO KIT...
60 cm offset dish... FREE at local refuse site, thousands of them being thrown away every year in most non third-world countries
Down convertor was about $25 off ebay,.. OK may be a bit more now 144 Mhz radio you already have
total cost to receive AO40.. probably $50 ( about £25 UK )
RIP AO-40... one day... in another era... it may do an AO-7 "resurrection"..... You can only hope!
http://www.g4dmf.co.uk/dish/60cm_1.jpg
60cm dish on work-mate... John G4DMF