Since the first time I posted about his I have had time to redo the extra mesh around the outside of the cheap 1.1mtr dish and take a few screen shots.
I have included the beacon RX in both cases. The TX was 250ks at 10497750kHz
First set without mesh extension.
- Capture without extended.JPG (101.44 KiB) Viewed 2912 times
- Capture without extended RX.JPG (229.19 KiB) Viewed 2912 times
- Capture without extended beacon.JPG (237.58 KiB) Viewed 2912 times
Now with the mesh extention extending most of the dish to 1.5Mtr although this will make most difference at 2.4GHz.
- Mesh extension.JPG (245.98 KiB) Viewed 2912 times
And now the difference it made. Even the RX was better!
- Capture extended dish sdr.JPG (163.01 KiB) Viewed 2912 times
To see the two other screen shots I would have to post another subject but RX of the beacon was upto MER 6.9dB and my own signal was 2.3dB D1 which for my 15 - 20 watts was nice.
Martin G8LCE