So I got my new tower up the past few weeks and finally my 10 GHz transverter on the mast.
This is a Kuhne G3 10 GHz unit, with the locked PLL, a Kuhne 0.7 dB preamp, 10W PA and built into a waterproof mast mounted box.
Down in the shack I have one of the Flex 6500's connected into the Kuhne TR144 transverter to take 144 from the 10g tvtr down to 28 MHz.
First run Sunday was a bit abortive due to some wrong IF gain settings
Today I reset them and once the tower was back up the ZL2VHX beacon was loud!
Not only that but a wave of weather moved through giving some rainscatter and enhancement on the sigs from the beacon which is some 370 Km away in Wellington.
Pretty cool for a Flex 6000 series and def a huge benefit with the pandapter :)
if you want to hear spread sigs on 10 GHz here u go :)
https://soundcloud.com/simon-lewis-11/zl2vhx0930utc4oct2016
Cheers
Simon ZL4PLM
This is a Kuhne G3 10 GHz unit, with the locked PLL, a Kuhne 0.7 dB preamp, 10W PA and built into a waterproof mast mounted box.
Down in the shack I have one of the Flex 6500's connected into the Kuhne TR144 transverter to take 144 from the 10g tvtr down to 28 MHz.
First run Sunday was a bit abortive due to some wrong IF gain settings
Today I reset them and once the tower was back up the ZL2VHX beacon was loud!
Not only that but a wave of weather moved through giving some rainscatter and enhancement on the sigs from the beacon which is some 370 Km away in Wellington.
Pretty cool for a Flex 6000 series and def a huge benefit with the pandapter :)
if you want to hear spread sigs on 10 GHz here u go :)
https://soundcloud.com/simon-lewis-11/zl2vhx0930utc4oct2016
Cheers
Simon ZL4PLM
Posted 3 years ago
thanks Jim - I'll be posting plenty more info as I develop the site more - keep revisiting :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwRNjHHDGdU
More fun!
last night ZL2VHX was really wide and spread due to rainscatter.
Check out the broad beamwidths a weather front bring :)
Note - I am not moving the frequency of the VFO - the tone changes due to the change in path and phase on the rain front.
I was moving the dish off its normal direct path of 043 degs - I moved the dish to 017 and then back to 060 degs then finally back to 043 degs
Some fun experiments in microwaves :)
And all visible due to the awesome waterfall and panadapter of the Flex 6000 (6500 in this case)
Cheers
Simon ZL4PLM
More fun!
last night ZL2VHX was really wide and spread due to rainscatter.
Check out the broad beamwidths a weather front bring :)
Note - I am not moving the frequency of the VFO - the tone changes due to the change in path and phase on the rain front.
I was moving the dish off its normal direct path of 043 degs - I moved the dish to 017 and then back to 060 degs then finally back to 043 degs
Some fun experiments in microwaves :)
And all visible due to the awesome waterfall and panadapter of the Flex 6000 (6500 in this case)
Cheers
Simon ZL4PLM
Very interesting. I never heard anyone tune their rig with their antenna rotator before!
Nice demonstration of Doppler shift, too. You've got the beginnnings of your own weather radar, ha, ha!
Ken - NM9P
Nice demonstration of Doppler shift, too. You've got the beginnnings of your own weather radar, ha, ha!
Ken - NM9P
just gotta turn the rotator quick enough!!!
Tim - W4TME, Customer Experience Manager
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