I’m preparing my 23cm station. Last weekend I’ve made some QSO’s during the May contest but with a very limited set-up. Time to have some more punch. Onboartd is a Gemini SSPA easily capable of delivering 180 Watts. More than enough for the 120 Watt limit here in the Netherlands for bands above 1 GHz. Also mountes is the SHF Elektrotechnik LNA capable of handling the same power. The todo is the antenna. I have to mount a 45-elements (5-elements reflector) 3,4 meters boom yagi for the 23cm band.
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