<div dir="ltr">I'll run a test on the lash up. I have in the past measured sufficient drive (via a box that you helped me calibrate). <div><br></div><div>Chuck w8mqw</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 4:49 PM Gedas <<a href="mailto:w8bya@mchsi.com">w8bya@mchsi.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div>
<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">Chuck do you have an accurate
power meter for 10 GHz that you trust? My problem is I have
3-4 different heads for my 437 meter and all 3-4 read
differently. Between all of them they are within 2-3 dB but it
irks me to death not knowing exactly what the real power level
is. I used to trust my Agilent 26 GHz SA but it reads off from
all the heads too and trust it the least now for some reason.
I need to find a known source or find someone with a known
head/meter at 10 GHz.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial"><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">Kinda like the guy with two watches not
knowing the real time whereas the guy with one does hi-hi.</font></font></font></font></p>
<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">One thing you need to know abt
the Ukrainian beacon board.....their PO varies greatly with
supply voltage. I can find the post if you like but there was
a notable difference between 5.0 VDC and 5.3 VDC when I was
testing mine.<br>
</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial"><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">I said my beacon board put out abt 8 dBm but
using another head I can measure close to 11 dBm so maybe
I can drive one directly and get the 2W out.</font></font></font></font></p>
<font size="+2"><font face="Arial">Or maybe I should just save up
for a new 3W DEMI and not use this very, very old 2W DEMI that
needs abt 50mW. Even Steve at DEMI does not have much info on
this early model. And unfortunately my sig gen max's out at
around +12 dBm.</font></font>
<pre cols="72">Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT
Gallery at <a href="http://w8bya.com" target="_blank">http://w8bya.com</a>
Light travels faster than sound....
This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.</pre>
<div>On 1/10/2022 4:20 PM, Chuck MacCluer
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Gedas:
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The Downeast 3-watter is nominally drivable by 10 dBm,
which I think I have from the VHFdesign board.</div>
<div>Will see.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>P.S. Is anybody interested in hosting my (built) (30-W)
1296 beacon? My location is hopeless for it.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>My quite effective 144.288 beacon is shut down until tropo
season returns.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Chuck w8mqw</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 3:58
PM David DeVos via MiVUS <<a href="mailto:mivus@mivus.org" target="_blank">mivus@mivus.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Chuck,</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">Fellow MSU grad here, and alumni of the
MSU radio club in 1977! A better spot would be at
Mark's house WB8TGY which is at a higher altitude!</div>
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<div> On Monday, January 10, 2022, 03:49:22 PM EST,
Chuck MacCluer <<a href="mailto:maccluer13@gmail.com" target="_blank">maccluer13@gmail.com</a>>
wrote: </div>
<div><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Gedas:
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I now have all the components for a 3-watt
beacon (slot, amp, exciter) but have not boxed
it up. I'm trying to think of a location. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Here on the farm is a nonstarter since I'm
hopelessly treed in. Maybe I can talk the Mich
State Univ AR Club into putting it on the roof
of the engineering building. They mounted a 1296
beacon of mine there for years. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>There is also a nearby ham with an ideal
location on a hill overlooking open farmland to
the south. Beautiful clear shot.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I'll keep you informed.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Chuck w8mqw</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 2:54 PM
Gedas <<a href="mailto:w8bya@mchsi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">w8bya@mchsi.com</a>>
wrote:<br>
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<div>
<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">Hi Dave.
I am so sorry to hear about the beacons
being down. But I like that you have
plans to get them operational again.
Beacons are so, so important as you
know, esp on the higher frequencies.
This latest batch of post on the Midwest
group has made me decide to design up a
monitoring/recording station starting on
10 GHz. Your beacon and Jim's (N8CEI)
are the only two possibilities for me.
Unfortunately Jim's beacon is down as
well and he is not eager to climb the
125' tower during the winter. I was
going to park the dish aimed at your
beacon and start recording long term FS
levels. I think it would be fascinating
to see the effects local WX has on the
received beacon levels.<br>
</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">I
continue to work on my beacon effort and
I hope to have one up and running on
".350" by late spring. I just need to
find an intermediate amplifier to take
me from ~8 dBm up to 15 dBm to drive
this very old 2W DEMI that I have.</font></font></p>
<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">Thank
you again for all you do and for all
your help......stay safe es 73</font></font><br>
</p>
<pre>Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT
Gallery at <a href="http://w8bya.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://w8bya.com</a>
Light travels faster than sound....
This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.</pre>
<div>On 1/10/2022 2:23 PM, David DeVos via
MiVUS wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hello Gedas and Happy New
Year!</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">Unfortunately, it went
down in December, and I have to climb
a tower to fix it. So that's not
going to happen until this coming
Spring. All (4) bands at that
location (1.2, 2.3, 5.7, and 10) are
on the same power supply, and
automated keyer and they are all
down. So that narrows down the
problem a bit.</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">I have moved to a new QTH
that is more urban, so all my
microwave adventures are going to be
done while roving. I remain committed
to being active, but there is very
little VHF/UHF/Microwave activity on
the West side of Michigan to speak of
other than K2YAZ up in Glen Arbor.</div>
<div dir="ltr"><br>
</div>
<div dir="ltr">73 and stay active - you
are an inspiration!</div>
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<div> On Monday, January 10, 2022,
12:01:27 PM EST, Gedas <a href="mailto:w8bya@mchsi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><w8bya@mchsi.com></a>
wrote: </div>
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<p><font size="+2"><font face="Arial">Hi Dave. Can
you please tell me if the
Grand rapids 10 GHz beacon
is still operating and if so
what is it's current freq?
Since the Cinci beacon died
the only other beacon I
might be able to hear under
some enhancement is Grand
Rapids. I want to do some
long term signal plotting of
it. TU es 73</font></font><br>
</p>
<pre>--
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Gallery at <a href="http://w8bya.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://w8bya.com</a>
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