13 June East Suffolk Wireless Revival at the Orwell Crossing Lorry Park
Station locator: JO02pa82
Equipment:
Station: Yaesu FT847
Mobile: Yaesu FT-2200 (2m FM)
Portable: Kenwood TH-D7 (2m & 70cm FM + APRS)
MAC-200 antenna controller
GPS disciplined oscillator NTPX26AB 06
Antennae:
Picture 8 Jan 2010
2MHz: 160m – Rx loop
3.5 – 3.8MHz: 80m – dipole
10MHz: 30m 1/4wave fishing pole vertical
14, 18, 21, 24 and 28MHz bands – CobWebb antenna
50MHz: 6m – triangle
144-146MHz: 2m – 9 element Yagi
432-435MHz: 70cm – 19 element Yagi
50/145/435MHz – colinear for FM
1296MHz: 23cm 10 element yagi (Kent Britain design) + 23 element Tenna yagi (thanks, Sam!)
3400MHz: pending tx/rx construction
10GHz: 3cm – 80cm offset dish
Modes: FM, SSB, PSK31
Projects:
Working on equipment for 1296MHz and 10GHz
Completed “The Bernie Box” – a 10GHz LNB-based receiver-converter.
Built but not yet tested: G4BAO 23cm PA
Building G4DDK Very Low Noise Amplifier and Source for 23cm
Still have Ionica bricks for 3400MHz (9cm) transceiver.
Meanwhile see http://www.microwavers.org/3400mhz.htm
The Bawdsey Research Station project
Member of:
30MDG 30 Meter Digital Group, member 1175
Old Codgers Association – formed in 2006 by Sam G4DDK
RSGB The Radio Society of Great Britain
South Anglia Repeater Group (SARG)
Suffolk RAYNET - part of RAYNET, the Radio Amateur Emergency Network
UKµG - the UK Microwave Group
Radio Astronomy Group (part of British Astronomical Association) and the UK Radio Astronomy Association (new web site in preparation)
Links:
N0NBH solar data and HF propagation