On Wed, 7/29/15, Ron Rogers <ww8rr@charter.net> wrote:
>Preamp being used on the 2M station ? Assume so if you are running EME.
Amazingly enough, no external preamp, just the transverter with the noise
figure degraded by the DCI filter and almost a dB of coax. That was
intentional to avoid blowing the preamp up with 6m power. EME was not our chief
intent....but it worked!
> Is this the first time this particular 6M amp has been used in a contest
> config ?
Yes, in a multi-op where simultaneous operation was desired. We've run a
different (100W) 6m station with the same 2m setup at the same site with much
less problems (not surprisingly!).
> You mention running it from a switching power supply. What is the power level
> of the amp?
We had it at about 300 W.
Others mentioned the antenna spacing. We'd have put them up further apart if I
could. The site was nearly 100% treed and it was necessary to use whatever
clearings were available.
73,
Steve VE3SMA
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