23cm fun!
Tuesday evening was my first time out with the unit was returned from Bulgaria with the RX and TX lines split (tiny SMD link!) new configuration since Anthony’s help with the mast top box.
This meant an increase from the 2W used previously to a whopping 10W and hopefully an increase in RX NF with the removal of the superfluous diode from the RX line. The results were not to be disappointing. As a reminder the image below is the summary of my three previous attempts on 23cm UKAC. Note that I was not on air on 23cm in March 2016 as the transverter was on an extended routing through Eastern Europe making its way to and from SG Lab in Bulgaria! The squares show Red – December 2015, Green January 2016 and Blue February 2016.
The Map below shows the results with the new setup in April 2016. FT991, SG Lab 23cm Transverter. PE1RKI amp at 10W. 25 Ele yagi. . 6 Countries: England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Guernsey and Netherlands. 23 Mults, 51 QSO, total score 140,000. Best DX GI6ATZ.Rats worked: LZE, LRQ, SAT, WJG, JRY, sorry didn’t hear ZRG:
Stop Press: The results are out and I was placed 10th out 70 AL stations in April
UPDATE MAY 2016 – 23cm UKAC IO91OQ again
Keeps getting better from the high perch in IO91OQ. A few mast support issues tonight but rectified with a rope and a handy fence post – the drive on mast plate is a write-off though (which is a pain as I was going to use it on Sunday!). Best night for me on 23cm, Good signals from up ‘North and delighted to work PE1EWR in the Netherlands. Rats worked: RUL/P, WCB/P, SAT, LRQ, LZE, JRY, WJG, DFL. ODX was G8PNN in IO95. Final tally was IO71,74,80,81,82,83,84,90,91,92,93,94,95,00,01,02 and JO11. Sorry to have missed both 70 and 03 which I could see were on from KST messages. Only the odd squeak from GM but never workable – not through want of trying.
