Hi, Tim; We still make the S/L patch feeds and may bring back the tribander, if there's enough demand. We also still produce the 1.2m and 1.8m dish kits and now have a 2.4m kit in the works. It's been the UAV industry that's kept us alive since the failure of AO-40, so our products are now made from aircraft grade aluminum and are milspec Class II gold anodized.
73, Rick Fletcher, W7YP TekSharp P.O. Box 2789 Columbia Falls, MT 59912 PHN: 406-249-1787 FAX: 406-387-4523 -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tim Cunningham Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:15 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish I am not sure Tek Sharp continues to make the patch feeds. They certainly do not make the tri-band feed, but I was able to get a dual band patch from them in June 2009 for one of their hardware cloth dishes. 73's, Tim - N8DEU ----- Original Message ----- From: "K5OE" <k...@aol.com> To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 4:37 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish > > Bob, > Regarding your Cu wire dish... you might look at the Tek Sharp dishes as > an easier alternative to "rolling your own." I picked one up on ebay > about a year ago and put it in my attic... waiting for amsat-dl :-) > > http://www.plumdragon.com/teksharp/hr_AO-40_products.htm > > Drew, > I have a spare PF dish about 60 cm, but it is steel, not aluminum like the > G3RUH. I used it on AO-40 for 24 GHz. Let me know off-list if you want > it. > > 73, > Jerry, K5OE > > ---- previous message ---- > You probably have one of the K5GNA "BBQ" dishes. The G3RUH is a solid > round > spun dish. > > 73, Drew > > -----Original Message----- >>From: Bob Bruninga <bruni...@usna.edu> >>Sent: Jan 3, 2012 2:19 PM >>To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' <glasbren...@mindspring.com>, 'amsat-bb' >><amsat-bb@amsat.org> >>Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Looking for a G3RUH dish >> >>> I'm looking for one of the 60cm G3RUH dishes >> >>Got one, (but not available). >> >>Questions: I measured reflector grid separation as .88 inches which works >>out to be about 0.18 wavelength. I always thought the grid had to be >>tighter than 0.1 inches to be an effective "surface". >> >>Maybe the difference with almost double the spacing is not that >>significant? >>(especially for a steel one which would be quite heavy. >> >>Reason I am asking is that I also need another S band dish (at 70 MPH on >>the >>roof of a tracking van) and we are thinking about building one by using an >>old solid 6' TVRO dish as a form and laying in copper wire and soldering >>it >>to copper straps. With all that labor, I'd not want to get the spacing >>wrong. >> >>Bob, Wb4APR >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
