R: [amsat-bb] 3m dish applications

["i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxxxxx>]

Bob,

Having a 3 m dish i would try the following:

1) Receive the Mars Express beacon in 8.4 GHz band

2) EME at 1296 MHz with 500 watt at the feed

I already have 500 watt at 1296 MHz but not the dish at present.
Unfortunately there are not abandoned 3 m dishes in my area but
500 watt at the feed and an overall NF=0.5 dB at 1296 MHz make
a S/N of about 8 to 9 dB on a CW echo off the moon with a 3 m 
dish. 

73" de 

i8CVS Domenico

  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 7:52 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] 3m dish applications


> With 3m dishes following me home every few months from 
> someone's abandoned back  yard, I wonder what to do with 
> one now that AO-40 is not currently on the air?
> 
> All I know of are:
> 
> 1)  NASA Select TV
> 2) TVRO sound channel for Houston AMSAT net
> 3)  FLEETsat on military UHF (all encrypted so nothing to hear)
> 4)  Pointing to south to hear pings from ISS passing through the Space
> Surveillance fence on 216.98 MHz
> 5) the 468 MHz timing signal from GOES satellites (E & W)
> 
> Anything else worth playing with?
> 
> Bob  
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