SM7LCB, Microwave Summary 2010
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Summary
Compared with 2009 this year give many new QSO in many ways.
- First I this year used 1.9 meter dish during the complete year.
- This year I again activated my callsign on 2m (144 MHz), finally QRV on 2m!
- I also is back again with my rebuild 9 cm transverter using the 1.9 meter dish.
- This year we also got a nice tropo opening during the autumn, very nice!
- Many nice happnings during the summer.
144 MHz
Back again on 2 m with yagi antenna but high attenuation between the antenna and the station so I only get 2 W into the antenna and the NF is higher the 10 dB. Hope that I during 2011 will update this band with power amplifier ant pre-amplifier so there can be more serious operation on this band. But even with this small station I manage to work many nice long distance QSO and also one aurora QSO!
Still microwave band will be the main band for may radio activity!
| Number of calls in log this year | 24 |
| Number of locator # in log this year | 20 |
| Total number of QSO | 31 |
| Number of CW QSO | 30 [97%] |
| Number of SSB QSO | 1 [3%] |
| Number of Aurora QSO | 1 [3%] |
| Number of Tropo QSO | 30 [07%] |
Tropo QSO map | Aurora QSO map |
1.3 GHz
My new 1.9 meter dish antenna on this band works nice and so was the activity also this year with many calls in logbook! Many nice tropo openings during the summer with many new squares on this band. But the best this year was the nice tropo opening during the the weekend 9-10 of October with many nice QSO, hope for more soon! Nice with some G stations again in the logbook and the QSO map looks much nicer this year!
| Number of calls in log this year | 118 |
| Number of locator # in log this year | 63 |
| Total number of QSO | 336 |
| Number of CW QSO | 299 [88%] |
| Number of SSB QSO | 37 [12%] |
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2.3 GHz
In principal the same notation as for 1.3 GHz. Same number of QSO but many more calls in logbook and the new 1.9 meter dish antenna is working nice. But still good tropo openings is the key to get many QSO and new calls/squares in the logbook
| Number of calls in log this year | 43 |
| Number of locator # in log this year | 28 |
| Total number of QSO | 98 |
| Number of CW QSO | 89 [90%] |
| Number of SSB QSO | 9 [10%] |
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3.4 GHz
Nice to be back on 9cm!
During spring 2010 I rebuild the 9 cm transverter and installed it during the summer 2011 and what a year!
- Rebuild transverter with 10 MHz locked LO and preamp.
- New and better antenna compare to the only QSO during 2008.
- Many nice QSO and the first QSO via rain scatter on other band then 3 cm!
- And the nice tropo opening during 9-10 of October.
| Number of calls in log this year | 23 |
| Number of locator # in log this year | 15 |
| Total number of QSO | 31 |
| Number of CW QSO | 26 [84%] |
| Number of SSB QSO | 5 [16%] |
| Number of RS QSO | 1 [3%] |
| Number of Tropo/AS QSO | 30 [97%] |
Tropo QSO map | Rain Scatter QSO map |
10 GHz
As on all other microwave bands many calls in logbook because of the nice 9-10 of October tropo opening.
This summer I installed a new 0.9 meter dish for 3 cm (10 GHz) with feed for 6 cm (5.6 GHz) but still no 6 cm transverter.
But I'm not sure if that antenna is good so will see if there will be changes on this new antenna.
| Number of calls in log this year | 27 |
| Number of locator # in log this year | 23 |
| Total number of QSO | 46 |
| Number of CW QSO | 41 [90%] |
| Number of SSB QSO | 5 [10%] |
| Number of RS QSO | 7 [15%] |
| Number of Tropo/AS QSO | 39 [85%] |
Tropo QSO map | Rain Scatter QSO map |
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