Re: [amsat-bb] 18" RCA Dish Question

[Richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard W L Limebear)]

Paul Yeager writes:

> > > I mounted a 5 3/4 turn helix to a N connector mounted on a suacepan lid,
> > > then mounted the saucepan lid to the LNB mounting arm of a Dish Network 
> > dish.

> >Now thats what I call *amateur* radio. Nice one Paul.

> Hmm....  I'm trying to figure out if that was a compliment!  :^)

It was. Too many people are trying to get things cut and dried to the last
fraction of a dB before they try satellites; its not necessary. And innovation
like this is comparable to G3RUH buying a wok to see if it could be used as
a dish (it wok'd xxxx worked fine). Therefore congratulations on being a
real radio amateur. Likewise to the users of tomato cans around helices and
other similar innovation.

> Someone (was it G3RUH?) 
> published an article years ago describing construction of a prime focus 
> helix feed for a 60 cm dish, for 2400 MHz.

It *was* G3RUH in an old edition of Amsat-UK's Oscar News.

> Besides...  the first reaction to the whole assembly is usually a laugh.... 
> and you can't get too many of those, especially for something that works!

Amen

73
Richard W L Limebear G3RWL
g3rwl@amsat.org
FOC # 1188

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