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Fall 2005 Issue |
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As witnessed by this past summer’s ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest, the 10-GHz amateur radio band is enjoying increasing popularity. In this article, WB6NOA describes how members of the San Bernardino Microwave Society, and others, are handling the increased activity in their area of the country.
By Gordon West,* WB6NOA |
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The recent ARRL-sponsored 10 GHz and Up Contest saw more coast-to-coast microwave activity than ever before. In anticipation of wall-to-wall signals on 10 GHz in southern California, fixed and rover stations staked out frequency claims ahead of time! Here is just a small list of how the San Bernardino Microwave Society (SBMS@hamradio.com) spread out its coordinated operations:
Baja Mexico 10,368.450 MHz
Throughout the country, 10-GHz teams met at
elevated hot spots and consecutively operated their own individual
equipment to increase activity, scores, and the personal satisfaction of
maximizing the total count of stations each person’s little milliwatt rig
had worked. The big signals and big dishes went first, allowing the
distant station to lock frequency as well as bearings. The team stations
then came on individually, usually going from higher power stations down
to the pipsqueak stations that ultimately would be heard because all of
the team members helped set the direction of the path. |
The author’s new 10-GHz antenna for dune-buggy mobile. |
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