BATC Forum

Mines 1.6, Still OK? What about double (or single) sided PCB material? FR4 not so good at 2.4? SRBP??
Soldering up tomorrow
BTW, I've found perfect 3mm spacers - 4mm hex nuts (at least the ones I have). Three of them will do a lovely job

Gareth

Got it all together and soldered it all in one lot with a gas torch and care! Rather than using a bulky compression fitting I put the completed feed in the lathe and took about 0.5mm out of the LNB end of the copper pipe. Then, using a strip of emery cloth, I reduced the external diameter of my LNB. It is now a nice snug 'twist-fit' in the end of the copper. To seat the Rocket internals at the right height I have left the protruding copper at 16mm in front of the patch. Will this be an issue I wonder? - without it being that length, the inner bit will move around at will?? I will design a simple step-up ring for mounting in my LNB holder, pop it on the 3-D printer to make and then trial-fit. Not got a long run from shack to dish so various options on the actual cable I'll use and where I put the amp.
All good fun
Gareth PS the stray solder is from where I assembled it earlier, with something that wasn't a N-type and with the patch the wrong way round! Doh!!

I use 3mm backplate to carry a 7/16 socket - no problems with return loss at 25dB

Looking at that Coax, I am worried about the power ratings!

I originally used a POTY as my dummy load to test amplifiers up to 320W output with no problems at all. I just stuck it out of the window for tests! De-sensed all the wifi in the area!