Recent content by kt4wo

I guess I will move forward then. The past three months have been "hell". Bought a 2nd home for sick inlaws...was remodleing...had fire...closing Atty. didnt pay home insurance...so no insurance...then found 50% of home was termite damaged....county condemed.....we get to pay morgage for next 20...

It seems I was not up on the changes coming!! I guess its good I haven't had the time to get my system on the air. Oh well,,,,I think I will just sit back and wait. Trip - KT4WO

Also forgot...the preamp is basically direct connect...maybe 2 inches..then to RG-11. The antenna is homebrew folded dipole with corner reflector. I can wind a 1.25:1 balun if I have issues ...thats how the 440 is matched to the 440 radio. Not sure what core to use at 1.7Ghz...LOL!!!!

And my RG-11 is not "run of the mill" stuff.....its high spec 100% shield underground ...I'm sure its better than whats listed on that chart. Will look it up. Outside diam. is .469 per my caliper ...I do have LMR400 and LMR600 but this is better stuff. (well...maybe not better than the...

Yea...got a handle on all that...will have a ton of mis-match,,,,but have a gud signal without the preamp,,so with the "LNA4ALL" I should be fine. Antenna is 75Ohm---preamp is 50, ---coax is 75 and RX is 50.....hahaha......fun fun!! Powersupply is RS-70M....I "think" that is large...

Tim- I will be using dedicated power via 14ga waterproof line and the coax is RG-11 direct-bury (High quality stuff) low loss. The run is less that 50ft so should not have any issues there. Life is still getting in the way,,,,haven't made ANY progress since the last post. We just bought a 2nd...

ok...dish is up and I HAVE A SIGNAL!!!.....(pretty damn good one at that) This was just temp'ing up the feed and NO PREAMP! ....So....now to mount the feed/preamp perm. I hope to get this done this weekend, then I will record a file for Joe to test. Ohhh ...also a feed line to the shack,,,but...

OK....got the dish up/mounted.....AFTER a incident with the father inlaw(he stuck his hand thru one of the mesh panels!!!) Fixed that....My 1st feed : no signal at all.... Will try my 2nd homebrew feed today(if rain will let up) Trip - KT4WO

Yes....VERY quite!! ... Life has got in the way of my dish....I did get the post in the ground and am ready to set the dish. THEN.....hope for a nice strong signal to send Joe! Maybe this weekend? Will let ya'll know. Trip - KT4WO

So....When/If I get my system working....In a year or so I get to try again??? Did I get that right? Trip - KT4WO

Well,, more good news here, Got the dish(BUD)down and home yesterday. It is in PERFECT condx!! Not a single dent, bow or ding. Now I need to find a 3.5 inch post/pole to mount. From the above posts I have more ideas for feeds. Getting closer. Ohhh its 8 foot. If I cant get a good signal...

Good News on my end!!... the man across the road called last night and said come get the dish(BUD) Its a 6-8 foot mesh in good shape, so in the next wek or so I should have a good EMWIN signal to test Joes software on. "2xohwhatever" what type of can did u make the feed out of??? I may use that...

ok....cool beans Then maybe next week I can start decoding EMWIN!!!! whoooo hoooo!! LOL Tnx all. Trip - KT4WO

Still waiting for my LNA4ALL.... anyone ordered one before? how long on shipping??? Trip - KT4WO

No trees in the way...and I have a "LNA4ALL" enroute(per Joe)....Joe said my recording/signal was about 2db low so maybe the LNA will push it over the top. Altho I would like a little headroom for rain/weather/etc. I see a few 6-8' BUD's in my area so if I can score one of those I would be in...