{"id":3848,"date":"2022-02-26T20:26:10","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T19:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dj5ar.de\/?p=3848"},"modified":"2022-02-26T20:40:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T19:40:35","slug":"first-steps-on-24-ghz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/?p=3848","title":{"rendered":"First steps on 24 GHz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>February 26th, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After my visit to Berlin a fortnight ago, where Thomas, DC7YS, granted me massive support in assembling my 10\/24 GHz duo band rig, I have been out today to give it a try in the BBT contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0127-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0127-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0127-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0127-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0127-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0127-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0127-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The selected location is a building in the vine yards just a little south of my home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0123a-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0123a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0123a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0123a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0123a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0123a-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0123a-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has a terrace upstairs with a perfect view to the horizons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite beeing an asolute newbie, I logged two QSOs. The first one I had with Martin, DL3SFB\/p on the Hornisgrinde in the Black Forrest near Freiburg. Signals were just good enough to complete in SSB over 144 km. Second was Daniel, DL3IAE, near Landau, 70 km away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0131a-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0131a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0131a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0131a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0131a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0131a-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0131a-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniels signal was extremly distorted by windmills and even in CW very hard to copy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-BBT.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-BBT.png 672w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-BBT-300x283.png 300w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-26-BBT-624x589.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A test with Ewald, DK2DB, in Karlsruhe was not successful, because of a pear tree obstructing him in my direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0130a-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0130a-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0130a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0130a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0130a-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0130a-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_0130a-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grey box houses latest Kuhne transverters for 10 and 24 GHz, driven by an IC-705. Output after all the lossy semi rigid and relays is measured to 6 W on 10 GHz and 1 W on 24 GHz. The feed a dual band horn, made by Paul, W1GHZ. The size of the dish is 80 cm. Power sources are batteries of my Makita tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Test with Ewald I decided to leave, because some strong gusts came up and the dish has a quite a good wind load. As the stuff is very heavy, the tripod is too fragile to withstand the weight plus the wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 26th, 2022 After my visit to Berlin a fortnight ago, where Thomas, DC7YS, granted me massive support in assembling my 10\/24 GHz duo band rig, I have been out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[264,265],"class_list":["post-3848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contest","tag-24-ghz","tag-bbt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3855,"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3848\/revisions\/3855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dj5ar.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}