Mike I would regard 7 in 5 hours as a good day! I managed 1 in 3 hours! KST is not good. I called the next nearest station to me a number of times on KST, but no response. My only QSO was on 3cms and

Hi John, The sunny weather today gave a false indicator of good conditions, Lots of heavy QSB, stations 59 then lost in the noise...AS didn't work for me today, I usually bag a couple that way, very

When you are a single operator working two bands (or more) full attention to KST when you are trying for a difficult contact is not easy. Especially when several stations call and demand immediate

 Hi Steve, I have a 24GHz system that I need to repair, I cannot get enough enthusiasm to repair it because I'm too isolated, ironically I might have been able to work you but with the greatest

Mike I gave up early too. I share your frustration at users of 'KST who do not reply. In a busy contest, such as the major IARU events, there is so much traffic that it's easy to miss a request or

Hi mike i share your pain . i had the same during the 24ghz contest ....only one station answered and tried the path ....others didn't show any response .....why log in if your not going to have the

I took part in the 2nd 5.7/10GHz contest today (Sunday) but gave up in frustration due to amount of time wasted, waiting on stations/callsigns who do not bother to answer any messages sent to them. I

Personal mail sent to you Sam. Nick

Callsign: M0GHZ Locator: IO81VK Bands 10GHz 5W 90cm dish; 5.7GHz 5W 90cm dish; Talkback: ON5KST, 144.390MHz Times: Morning and late afternoon Also Alan, G0HEL/P Locator: IO81WG 10GHz 0.7W 80cm (?)

I think, Nick, it may now just be noise figure, all else being assumed correct. I will send you a built and tuned VLNA23 when you are ready to try again. Let me know when you want to give it another

Thanks for your input Sam & Chris, I take your comments about the process not being trivial and now I'll look at this as more of a long term goal. I believed that EME was out of my reach, but always a

It may improve it - but I am more concerned that it is made of steel in the first place. It's not the best material RF wise and it's heavy. -- Mike G0MJW

Hi All, What would be the effect of a thin layer of rust ( say 0.1 mm) on a pressed steel sheet parabolic dish, at 10 GHz? The ones I have acquired have some rusty patches, some of which go

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Please add to the list: Call: G4ALY Loc: IO70VL Band: 5.7 GHz 14 W 70cm offset dish Band: 10 GHz 10W 70cm offset dish Talkback: ON4KST & 144.390 Activity Most of the day with short

Thank you for your inputs to the activity list. The weather looks fine for most, but whether the good tropo holds until tomorrow is more debatable. A few of the regulars will be missing due to the

Around September -October , slightly east of due south , there are a pair of Satellites , that look like a pair , of Golden tigers eye's .... One nly needs a pair of bino's to see them .. quite a

Generally, the geo reflections are brightest near the equinoxes, just before and after eclipse.  There is a good calculator here:

Hi Mike, That's interesting. If I have read the article correctly he just used a camera without a telescope! I'll have a go with my camera tonight if the sky is clear enough. I might try a

Oh yes, but think of the FUN of trying it.   The geometry and big flat areas of panel ought to give a decent reflection, but getting enough light for a human-eye observation would be exquisitely