Station EME

In construction

Station is:

Locator JO20CL   N 50.46312  -  E 4.174119     La Louvière.   

IC705

TRVT:  DB6NT  G3 (home made with PCB from Georg DF1SR) - LO:  2556 MHz (home made PLL "like DF9NP").

PA:   Alcatel:  Bought in Heelweg for a very little price but slightly re-tuned with Kapton tape on coupling strip to give 11W on 10.368 GHz (initial frequency 10.750 - 12W)  maybe 10 W at feed. A new                 board to give -5V and transistor biasing and protection.

The PA will be replaced by a GaN 20W from CREE (Thanks to Niels G8RWG for the Clue).

Preamp WG:   X-LNA    G 28 dB  NF 0.85 mesured in Heelweg.

Feed:    Home made Pickett-Potter  dimensions given by PA0MHE Maarten.

Offset Dish:    No Brand, bought a long time ago for QO100,  but accessoiries box said "customer METRO"    dimensions   165 x 145    for me 150

Control & rotor:   Rotor EGIS (Thanks to Eric ON5TA who given me this rotor with a deadline, to use it in EME)

        and  K3NG  software on a Teensy 4.0/Nextion   own PCB.

         Elevation sensor = HH12 (DF1SR)    Azimuth sensor = pulse from the EGIS rotor  0.009745°/pulse.   modification of the Elevation claw to go down 30° (actual 25°) 

Moon Noise    for the moment  0.645

This new world after the earth path is a new adventure.  Thanks to Eric ON5TA to be my godfather.