I have worked scatter with FSK441 with the Rover setup many times. My
usual setup on 2m is 10 element CC @ 20', with 160 watts. This is
pretty good up to 600 ~ 800 miles.
Never considered EME, though. It would seem to me trying to handle an H
frame would be a setup nightmare. Being a solo Rover I always try to
keep setup as simple as possible. I currently run 3 bands [used to have
a few years ago...] all on one push up mast. I drive to a site, climb
in the bed of the truck, raise the mast, then get back in the cab of the
truck and operate. When it's time to roll, I lower the mast and go.
Weight and manageability is always critical for a solo Rover. I like
big yagis so I can span the miles here in the black hole of the midwest,
but I keep them under 12' each so I can still handle everything on my
own. I need to put up a few pics of the latest version of the "no
budget Rover", hi hi.
However, if you have a second set of hands and only plan to hit a few
grids, this sounds cool:-)
73
Dan
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James Duffey wrote:
> Marshall - Your EME rover scenario is very tempting. I may give it a go.
>
> I assume that you are using one of the WSJT modes?
>
> What kind of EIRP is necessary for a rover to make a couple of EME
> contacts during a contest on a rising and setting moon?
>
> Let me cut to the chase, is EME possible from a typical rover running
> say a Cushcraft 13B2 driven by the ubiquitous 150 Watt brick? Or a
> pair of the 6 element WA5VJBs?
>
> Or is that long Yagi you talk about longer than the car?
>
> I love the WA5VJB cheap Yagis and have made lots of them. They have
> good clean patterns and appear to have good gain for their length. So
> with a 400 Watt Amp and the 4 - 6 element Yagis you have about 12kW
> EIRP? I think that it is pretty straight forward to generate 3 kW EIRP
> on two in a rover, but much more than that starts to complicate set up.
>
> What is the optimum height of an antenna to maximize ground gain?
>
> As you can see, this is intriguing to me. - Duffey
>
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