Re: [amsat-bb] initial reflections on AO-40 24GHz

["Dr. Jim Akers" <jakers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Jim Akers
Dept. of Electrical 
and Computer Engineering
Miss. State Univ. 


On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:

> 
> > Boy, the S/N ratios just look marvy with a 2' dish.  Besides the
> > coolness of saying you're mode UK.  Hmm...sounds geographic.
> 
> What's the 3 dB beamwidth of a 2' dish at 24 GHz?

Approximately 1.43 degrees!!  Can your pointing system handle it??

73...Jim...W5VZF.


 
> 73,
> Joe
> ka0yos@amsat.org
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