[Moon] 8W RF output on 3cm band

[Berndt Josef Wulf]

G'day Charlie,

many thanks for your reply. I was planning to use digital modes
initially and with more experience perhaps CW/SSB. I realise that 8W
wouldn't be enough for CW and SSB.

73, Berndt
VK5ABN

On Sun, 2018-10-21 at 12:20 +0100, charlie at sucklingfamily.free-
online.co.uk wrote:
> Hi Berndt
> 
> What modes are you interested in running?
> 
> 8W into a (good) 3m dish would enable you to work quite a few
> stations
> using digital modes.
> 
> 73
> 
> Charlie
> 
> > G'day,
> > 
> > I've now an opportunity to purchase a second hand 3cm band 8W Kuhne
> > SSPA. This is well short of the 30W RF output planned for use with
> > a 3m
> > dish. Would this be sufficient to get started and heard on 3cm EME
> > or
> > should I give it a miss and continue searching for more power?
> > 
> > There are used 15W amplifiers with a TIM0910-15 final transistor
> > offered by Chinese sellers on eBay, but, as with most of this type
> > of
> > equipment, they are still comparably expensive and supplied
> > untested
> > something I consider a high risk investment.
> > 
> > What are the alternatives?
> > 
> > 73, Berndt
> > VK5ABN
> > 
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