6/4m Christmas tests (1)
Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2018 1:54 pm
While visiting relatives in Kent over Christmas I took along the 51 and 71MHz receive systems
I had a 5 ele 50MHz yagi and a 5 ele on 71MHz and 437/51 MHz +437/71MHz xverters into the minitune receiver
The remote controlled transmitter was left in Malvern, IO82UC was the adalm pluto with lots of post amps into a 3+3 ele yagi
On boxing day morning, 6m conditions looked promising when i received the GB3RMK @619km and GB3NGI @761 km beacons on narrowband. Pictures were successfully received from Malvern over the 228km path to JO01JK with a 13dB MER on 6m. Although the carrier was detected on 4m, there just was not enough signal for pictures
Dave
G4FRE
I had a 5 ele 50MHz yagi and a 5 ele on 71MHz and 437/51 MHz +437/71MHz xverters into the minitune receiver
The remote controlled transmitter was left in Malvern, IO82UC was the adalm pluto with lots of post amps into a 3+3 ele yagi
On boxing day morning, 6m conditions looked promising when i received the GB3RMK @619km and GB3NGI @761 km beacons on narrowband. Pictures were successfully received from Malvern over the 228km path to JO01JK with a 13dB MER on 6m. Although the carrier was detected on 4m, there just was not enough signal for pictures
Dave
G4FRE