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24 and 47 GHz EMEBy
Al Ward W5LUABarry Malowanchuk VE4MA
2008 EME ConferenceFlorence, Italy
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Outline
• 24 and 47 GHz at W5LUA – past andfuture
• New activity on 24 GHz• Activity on 47 GHz?• Higher?
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First 24 GHz EME QSOW5LUA VE4MA
First QSO took place on August 18, 2001Stations also making QSOs within a few years of this early time period includedRW3BP, VE7CLD, AA6IW, OK1UWA
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24 GHz 3M Dish with Back Structureat W5LUA
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W5LUA 24 GHz Feed System
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Homebrew 24 GHz LNAs
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Retuning TWTs for 24 GHz
• More conventional Helix TWTs have betterchance of going up in frequency
• Normally a drop in helix voltage will improveperformance at higher frequency
• Waveguide tuning can also enhanceperformance
• Magnets can provide surprising results!
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VTU-6191 14 GHz TWT
Band-Switched for10 and 24 GHz!
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First 24 GHz Echoes at W5LUAMarch 7, 2001
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TH-3864C TWT
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Varian VPW-2931TWT Power Supply
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Stations making QSOs on 24 GHz EME
• Early VE4MA, W5LUA, RW3BP, VE7CLD,AA6IW, OK1UWA on 24192 MHz
• Activity has migrated from 24192.1 MHz to24048.1 MHz
• Present activity includes VE4MA, W5LUA,G4NNS, LX1DB, DK7LJ, DF1OI, OK1KIR,PA0EHG
• Others include DL7YC, IQ4DF, DK3UC
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3M Dish at LX1DB
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Combining Power at LX1DB
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2.4M Offset Fed Dish with subreflector, 40W RW1127 @ DF1OI
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W5LUA 2.4M Offset Fed Dish withyoungest grandson
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W5LUA 2.4M Offset Fed Dish with24 GHz XVTR at Feed
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WR-42 Relay, 24 GHz LNA and24 GHz W1GHZ Feedhorn
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W5LUA Shack with SDRs
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SDR-1000 on 24 GHz EME
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47 GHz EME
• First QSOs took place in theJanuary/February 2005 time framebetween RW3BP and AD6FP and W5LUA
• Later in 2005, additional QSOs took placebetween VE4MA and AD6FP and RW3BP
• No activity since 2005• RW3BP software instrumental in providing
needed S/N on receive
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W5LUA 47 GHz XVTR at Feed of2.4M Offset Fed Dish
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Hughes 32 Watt TWT for 45 GHz
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Arcing Problems with TWT
Arc’s herewhen lidis down
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TWT Power Supply
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Using Zener Diodes to Set CorrectCollector Voltages
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Doppler Calculation & RX Tuning
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NTMSReceiving RW3BP at W5LUA
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NTMSRW3BP Sending 73’s to W5LUA
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What’s Next?
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RW3BP at 77.5 GHz
•NF=6.6dB DSB2.4M Offset Fed DishSun Noise 5.8 dBMoon Noise 0.5dB
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Thank You
Powerpoint Slides will be available atwww.ntms.org
73Al Ward W5LUA
[email protected] Malowanchuk VE4MA