Hi all,
USING THE SDR-1000 -
I made a 24 GHz snow scatter QSO today for grid number 13, 175 miles - about
282 km. Jon - W0ZQ was out portable up in Minneapolis. All the details are
under the current news section on the main page at www.km0t.com
For those of you that may not know, grids are what we strive for in weak
signal VHF/UHF/SHF...there are a dozen or so in the US with 5 grids. Two of
us (myself included) with 10 grids on the band. No one with 15, thats what
were trying to do. This is extreamly difficult given the propagation
characteristics on 24 GHz and the terrain involved. In fact, I think it can
only be done in the midwest, or the Texas area, as there are terrain
obstacles on the coasts that get in the way. So, we are praying for more
bad weather here for going after the next two grids!
There is a nice screen shot of the SDR-1000 showing the signal.
73 and let the snow blow on! It was very exciting stuff!
Mike - KM0T
