Hello Skip, The best to you in 2024. Being one who really loves to build things in the microwave region I admire your talents and your videos, they are enlightening. Hearing the RTTY took me back to the 70's, cant say that I miss it. Just started to erect a 2.6M dish and am currently fabricating the base mount for it, WX permitting. Working putting together 23cm,13cm and 3cm systems all at the same time is a little challenging but It's a lot of fun. TNX for the videos, hope to wrk u soon 73's de K3DMY, SW PA
Hi Skip, many thanks for awesome 9cm CW EME QSO on January 1st. You were very loud here, despite the Moon was in apogeum far away from Earth. It was my best pleasure to work with you EME on new band next to 23cm and 13cm. I hope to hear you again soon via Moon, 73 de Raf SP9VFD
My isp took over a old cable tower and is giving me the old dishes if I can haul them home so maybe one of these days if I get creative enough I will hear you. Love the text tone.
Gee setting up a big dish to talk to someone via moonbounce ive heard of it but this was the 1st time watching it happen Cheers Skip from this Aussie downunder🙃
Hello Markis, well there are different levels of this type of communications and moonbounce.. I am a bit of an extreme as I really like building the equipment.. Other frequencies the contact is even possible with voice instead of CW.. CW is usually easier, some signals are really strong, see my other videos etc.. Thanks.. Skip
Great video Skip. Always good to see all your home made equipment. Sorry I only had on shot at the Moon on 9cm on the 29th. I made a few QSO's including with Ron DU3T on CW and digi mode. Also worked Erich OE9ERC with his new 10m offset dish and PA3DZL, PA0PLY and SP9VFD. I think I have a problem with my sspa that I need to check out, so have taken the feed off the dish for now... Happy New Year 2024 and good health to you and your Wife. 73 and cul, Howard G4CCH
Hello again Howard.. Sorry we missed you as I did see your call on the reflector page.. It was fun, some good ones some weak ones, you know.. I have trouble with the weak ones ha ha.. Happy New Year to you also.. Skip
I'm looking forward to trying 9cm to you when I get things organised. I have about 120 watts at the feed, but I need to get some trees removed to give me some clear sky to the west and I'd like to get the 3m solid dish engineering finished. I guess it would work with the 2.4m though. Too many projects, too little time! Neil G4DBN
Hello again Niel.. Your right to many projects, not enough time.. Get that 13cm up and running ha ha.. I hear through the grapevine you might be at the EME conference, or the MUD in Vancouver.. Hope so, be good to meet you in person.. Enjoy your videos a lot.. Skip
Yes it is real sad news about Al.. I will have to look back on this video, I dont recall Al being on there but the way my memory is he probably was.. I worked him many times and had hoped to meet him at this years conference, not to be... Thanks, Skip
Thanks for bringing this to UA-cam! Is DU3T able to hear his own echos at 30W? I remember meeting VE4MA and others at the Central States VHF Conference in Iowa years ago.
Hello Dave, I dont recall if Ron DU3T mentioned anything about hearing his own echo, be doubtful. Maybe a little.. He was using a driver amp which eventually be replaced by a much larger output.. It's all he had at the time.. He wanted to work these stations who are going to loose this freq this New Year unfortunately.. Yes Barry VE4MA is a great fellow, very knowledgable .. Skip
Hello Shane. It depends on the frequency on how the signal gets to the feed on the dish.. Lower freq like 1296 and 2304 Mhz the amplifier is in the shack and I pump the high power down this large 1-5/8 hardline, next to nothing for loss.. Higher freq though this cable is no good.. So on the 9CM (3400Mhz) the 150 watt amplifier sits at the feed and it has two preamps so it takes nothing to drive it to full power.. So I have the transverter in the shack and it sends milliwatts down this 7/8 heliax cable which is good for this freq, and even with the loss it has plenty of drive power.. Higher frequencies like the 6CM band ( 5760 Mhz ) everything sits at the feed, transverter and amplifiers.. So then all I have to do is send a 144 Mhz low power signal down the cable to the feed assembly and it does all the conversion up at the feed point, no loss what so ever... Of course then there are other issues to contend with.. My cable run from my shack to the feed is in the area of 200 feet... Skip
@VE6BGT Thanks very much for that explanation. I was just wondering, how easy it would be to have a feed mounted radio and use CAT5 or 6 for the control and audio signal. Pretty much how Icom does it with the new IC-905.
Yes it is possible to detect pulsars with my size of dish, so I have been told.. I was going to try that someday but later discovered that its a long process of computer program processing and takes hours to get the results.. I got kind of discouraged that way, I am more of real time enthusiast.. But I want to take my 432 feed and some time detect the hydrogen line. Who knows maybe more, just not enough time in a day, or a lifetime ha ha.. Skip
What a dream station.
Very nice! Just a very short, hello, as it is 9:pm Dec.31. 2023. Will be in touch. 73's Dale, ve3aam. Good in QRZ. ,
Great video Skip … GL in 2024 and see you off the Moon 73s de Jac PA3DZL
Hello Skip, The best to you in 2024. Being one who really loves to build things in the microwave region I admire your talents and your videos, they are enlightening. Hearing the RTTY took me back to the 70's, cant say that I miss it. Just started to erect a 2.6M dish and am currently fabricating the base mount for it, WX permitting. Working putting together 23cm,13cm and 3cm systems all at the same time is a little challenging but It's a lot of fun. TNX for the videos, hope to wrk u soon 73's de K3DMY, SW PA
Hi Skip, many thanks for awesome 9cm CW EME QSO on January 1st. You were very loud here, despite the Moon was in apogeum far away from Earth. It was my best pleasure to work with you EME on new band next to 23cm and 13cm. I hope to hear you again soon via Moon, 73 de Raf SP9VFD
Hi Skip, that is a great video to finish off 2023. Your special effects and timing on the RTTY made it extra special. Dave VE7HR
What a great video! Shine on you crazy diamond :)
Thanks, I really enjoy making them.. Some are gems all right ha ha.. Skip
Thanks Skip,
Again a wonderful video. I wish you all your dear ones all the best and a great 2024
Incredible job. Happy New Year! Hope you have many successful EME experiments in 2024
Thoroughly enjoyed every second of your splendid video Skip ! More fun in 2024, HNY from OH, 61N!
Great video Skip a wealth of knowledge thanks Skip enjoyed the video
My isp took over a old cable tower and is giving me the old dishes if I can haul them home so maybe one of these days if I get creative enough I will hear you. Love the text tone.
Thanks Skip, your workmanship on the hand crafted 19'' rack equipment is beautiful, happy new year from New Zealand. ZL2CIT
Gee setting up a big dish to talk to someone via moonbounce ive heard of it but this was the 1st time watching it happen Cheers Skip from this Aussie downunder🙃
Hello Markis, well there are different levels of this type of communications and moonbounce.. I am a bit of an extreme as I really like building the equipment.. Other frequencies the contact is even possible with voice instead of CW.. CW is usually easier, some signals are really strong, see my other videos etc.. Thanks.. Skip
Great video Skip. Always good to see all your home made equipment. Sorry I only had on shot at the Moon on 9cm on the 29th. I made a few QSO's including with Ron DU3T on CW and digi mode. Also worked Erich OE9ERC with his new 10m offset dish and PA3DZL, PA0PLY and SP9VFD.
I think I have a problem with my sspa that I need to check out, so have taken the feed off the dish for now...
Happy New Year 2024 and good health to you and your Wife.
73 and cul, Howard G4CCH
Hello again Howard.. Sorry we missed you as I did see your call on the reflector page.. It was fun, some good ones some weak ones, you know..
I have trouble with the weak ones ha ha.. Happy New Year to you also.. Skip
Hi Skip, I heard you but missed each other for qso. We do it next time. Nice that you worked Ron. 73 Hans pe1ckk
I'm looking forward to trying 9cm to you when I get things organised. I have about 120 watts at the feed, but I need to get some trees removed to give me some clear sky to the west and I'd like to get the 3m solid dish engineering finished. I guess it would work with the 2.4m though. Too many projects, too little time! Neil G4DBN
Hello again Niel.. Your right to many projects, not enough time.. Get that 13cm up and running ha ha.. I hear through the grapevine you might be at the EME conference, or the MUD in Vancouver.. Hope so, be good to meet you in person.. Enjoy your videos a lot.. Skip
That must have been one of K2UYH's last QSO, now sadly SK, Really Interesting Video.
Yes it is real sad news about Al.. I will have to look back on this video, I dont recall Al being on there but the way my memory is he probably was.. I worked him many times and had hoped to meet him at this years conference, not to be... Thanks, Skip
Thanks for bringing this to UA-cam! Is DU3T able to hear his own echos at 30W? I remember meeting VE4MA and others at the Central States VHF Conference in Iowa years ago.
Hello Dave, I dont recall if Ron DU3T mentioned anything about hearing his own echo, be doubtful. Maybe a little.. He was using a driver amp which eventually be replaced by a much larger output.. It's all he had at the time.. He wanted to work these stations who are going to loose this freq this New Year unfortunately.. Yes Barry VE4MA is a great fellow, very knowledgable .. Skip
So how do you get the signal to the feeds? Via coax and use of amplifiers over the coax?
Hello Shane. It depends on the frequency on how the signal gets to the feed on the dish.. Lower freq like 1296 and 2304 Mhz the amplifier is in the shack and I pump the high power down this large 1-5/8 hardline, next to nothing for loss.. Higher freq though this cable is no good.. So on the 9CM (3400Mhz) the 150 watt amplifier sits at the feed and it has two preamps so it takes nothing to drive it to full power.. So I have the transverter in the shack and it sends milliwatts down this 7/8 heliax cable which is good for this freq, and even with the loss it has plenty of drive power..
Higher frequencies like the 6CM band ( 5760 Mhz ) everything sits at the feed, transverter and amplifiers.. So then all I have to do is send a 144 Mhz low power signal down the cable to the feed assembly and it does all the conversion up at the feed point, no loss what so ever... Of course then there are other issues to contend with.. My cable run from my shack to the feed is in the area of 200 feet... Skip
@VE6BGT Thanks very much for that explanation.
I was just wondering, how easy it would be to have a feed mounted radio and use CAT5 or 6 for the control and audio signal. Pretty much how Icom does it with the new IC-905.
Ok sounds good, I would say anything is possible these days, what ever you can think of! Skip
@VE6BGT thanks Skip.
Shane.
VK1NME.
Amazing video again 👌
I got a question Is it possible to detect a Pulsar with that dish, have you ever tried some radio astronomy With the dish
Yes it is possible to detect pulsars with my size of dish, so I have been told.. I was going to try that someday but later discovered that its a long process of computer program processing and takes hours to get the results.. I got kind of discouraged that way, I am more of real time enthusiast.. But I want to take my 432 feed and some time detect the hydrogen line.
Who knows maybe more, just not enough time in a day, or a lifetime ha ha.. Skip
Congratulations! Beautiful setup! HNY de M0SNR