Deep Space Reception

 

Equipment:
4m solid dish made for 11GHz SAT TV by the Swedish company Parabolic (SM6CKU, Ben)
Kumar feed scaled from 10368 MHz (original paper by SM6FHZ/SM6PGP)
RX: 1dB NF converter down to 1296MHz, locked to a Rubidium reference
IF RX1: DVB-T+DAB+FM simple £7 dongle on the Bay, HDSDR SW
IF RX2: DB6NT HB transverter to an Elecraft K3, SW Spectran

Converter inside 23cm seprumfeeder

8G4 Converter fits inside the OK1DFC septumfeed for 23cm.

8G4 Converter fits inside the OK1DFC septumfeed for 23cm.

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Local oscillator multiplier x24 and x4 are a gift from G8ACE, John Hazell.

http://www.microwaves.dsl.pipex.com/

2 Stereo B

My first received signal from Satellite Stereo B 2014-01-31. The missing part in the trace is when I turn the dish 0.3 degree off to verify that he signal is from Stereo B.

Converter 8232 – 8572MHz to 1296 MHz

Stereo B as received 2014-02-02

Converter Block Diagram

Stereo B broad band transmitting

Stereo A

Chineese Moon Rover

Chineese Moon Lander

Maven

Rosetta

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