[Moon] 1296 vs 2304 Feed

[Steve Gross]

Hello Bro
Well I have all under control on 13 cm at the moment. Holding my breath. My Return loss is super but it keeps getting H2O into it somehow.
I swear it materializes in the damned  thing. Gotta dig out another 7/8 inch connector. A fresh new one. I am seeing a lot of noise with the antenna pointed into the trees when it's tilted to reach the 13 foot height with the ladder. It goes from S4 to S1 when I raise it up. I'll look for moon noise later. I should see some. I moved the darned 13 cm feed around so that I only have to find 23 cm bcn and adjust declination to find moon on 13 cm. 
Moon has to be up to about 25-30 GHA to get away from all the noise from trees etc.
I have another nice VE4MA feed from RQG's stuff that you can have if you want it. Nice job of building. Brass & copper. With brass choke ring.
Getting it across the border is another matter.
We'll see.
Merry Christmas Barry et all. I probably can hear you. 
I'm optimistic.
73 Steve N4PZ
The new kid on the block
 


-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Malowanchuk [mailto:ve4ma at shaw.ca] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 2:37 PM
To: Steve Gross
Cc: ve6ta at clearwave.ca
Subject: Re: 1296 vs 2304 Feed

Doh!  How could I have forgotten that...especially when I have a polar mount too !

I borrowed a W2IMU feed here locally today....will try in the dish..have to build a DDK preamp which I have here.

Need to get the PA going ....working on it this week....worse comes to worse it will only be 70 W.

Do you want me to try to get W7JM on 2.3.....30 ft dish and some power ( DB6 PA)?

Probes on this  feed ( old W7GBI feed) are sticking about 3/4 in into the horn

73
Barry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Gross" <n4pz at live.com>
To: "Barry Malowanchuk" <ve4ma at shaw.ca>, ve6ta at clearwave.ca
Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 11:11:14 AM
Subject: RE: 1296 vs 2304 Feed

Remember I am stuck for six months while the sun is in the southern dec. No sun until the spring.
Polar mount.
Thanks. Bundling up to go rotate the 13 cm feed 90 degrees.
What's with the Az thing? You think we can work tropo. LMAO
73
Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Malowanchuk [mailto:ve4ma at shaw.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 10:51 PM
To: 'Steve Gross'
Cc: 'Grant Furnald'
Subject: 1296 vs 2304 Feed

You wont get a good pattern with 2304 probes in a 1296 feed.
What you are doing should be fine. Use the sun to find the angle offset between the 2 bands. Having the 2.3 above 1296 is good. 
If you get all straightened I can try to get a big Az station on for you & Grant
73
Barry /W7