I like and noticed you mentions going up into the Light Wave bands. Several of us here in the US are already there. I've been working with success on the 670nm Band, 480,000 Ghz Laser communications. I along with several others in the LA Cal area are having good results up there. I've been asked some really crazy and weird questions like "what SWR problems do you have"... There is No such thing as SWR problems when you're working with LASER communications. I did find some humor in that question. When you cross into the Light communications you are in a completely new and different world. I love working in it. KV4ATV
I have had fun on the 220 Mhz. My everyday contacts have been everyday day or night 220 simplex to a friend with my 7 element Cushcraft beam side mounted on the tower 30 feet up, friend's home made beam was also up 30 feet. The 220 Mhz FM simplex path was 75 miles. The best contact was talking on a UHF repeater on my Kenwood 41 AT on low power, 150 mW rubber antenna in the house 50 miles away. These high bands are fun to experiment with.
Just thinking there must be a few transceiver blocks that will operate with a satellite dish that usually wind up being dumped and if they could be retrieved they could be dried out and modified to work on amateur bands.
Love it! This is REALLY helpful! I was thinking I'd have to get a dedicated microwave rig. (Always loved Kenwoods and haven't ruled out a TS-2000.) I already have an FT-817ND. Which reminds me of a UA-cam video I saw where someone was using a FT-817ND for SSB EME...turned out he had it connected to a big 10m dish! I've also got Kenwood TS-530S and 599D Twins - the R599D has the 6m and 2m modules. I just watched the video where you helped a friend set up his 60w 10GHz portable setup. Nice to find this video. Maybe I'll take a swing at it with my FT-891 since it's 100w on 6m. Much bigger antennas but maybe it'll be a cheap start. Tnx de WB3CFN...dit dit
One piece of constructive criticism, if you are going to post a video for a beginner’s guide to anything please keep the video en pointe. It took you almost 15 minutes to actually begin to address the subject matter
Thanks. As you would've seen, this was a presentation for a radio club, so there was some introductions required. You can also skip through the video if you need.
I like and noticed you mentions going up into the Light Wave bands. Several of us here in the US are already there. I've been working with success on the 670nm Band, 480,000 Ghz Laser communications. I along with several others in the LA Cal area are having good results up there. I've been asked some really crazy and weird questions like "what SWR problems do you have"... There is No such thing as SWR problems when you're working with LASER communications. I did find some humor in that question. When you cross into the Light communications you are in a completely new and different world. I love working in it. KV4ATV
I have had fun on the 220 Mhz. My everyday contacts have been everyday day or night 220 simplex to a friend with my 7 element Cushcraft beam side mounted on the tower 30 feet up, friend's home made beam was also up 30 feet. The 220 Mhz FM simplex path was 75 miles. The best contact was talking on a UHF repeater on my Kenwood 41 AT on low power, 150 mW rubber antenna in the house 50 miles away. These high bands are fun to experiment with.
"Need a beard to operate microwave"
Or be a furry. I've noticed a lot of them are into ham radio, and do microwave stuff too :P
Grest intro video! By the way, the Icom IC-9100 has 1296 capability. I have the 1296 module in my IC-9100 and it works well.
Thanks and yes you're correct! I forgot about the IC-9100
I just picked up an Icom IC-1275, and I'm excited about getting it on the air.
KI6DCB
Just thinking there must be a few transceiver blocks that will operate with a satellite dish that usually wind up being dumped and if they could be retrieved they could be dried out and modified to work on amateur bands.
Have you tried using ZERO IF transceivers based on a SDR transceiver that operates on 5Ghz.
Love it! This is REALLY helpful!
I was thinking I'd have to get a dedicated microwave rig. (Always loved Kenwoods and haven't ruled out a TS-2000.) I already have an FT-817ND. Which reminds me of a UA-cam video I saw where someone was using a FT-817ND for SSB EME...turned out he had it connected to a big 10m dish! I've also got Kenwood TS-530S and 599D Twins - the R599D has the 6m and 2m modules. I just watched the video where you helped a friend set up his 60w 10GHz portable setup. Nice to find this video. Maybe I'll take a swing at it with my FT-891 since it's 100w on 6m. Much bigger antennas but maybe it'll be a cheap start.
Tnx de WB3CFN...dit dit
Cheers Joe, have fun! EME is pretty cool
Nice...................
One piece of constructive criticism, if you are going to post a video for a beginner’s guide to anything please keep the video en pointe. It took you almost 15 minutes to actually begin to address the subject matter
Thanks. As you would've seen, this was a presentation for a radio club, so there was some introductions required. You can also skip through the video if you need.