September 8, 2025
Having spent the last two moon rises operating around perigee with several stations I have some results for 1.5 Meter dish on the 23cm band. It works quite well, especially after making sure my cables are run away from the mouth of the septum feed and covering the opening at the dish's center with some aluminum HVAC tape.
KB2SA (1.9M dish and 900 watts at the feed) was copied from -22 down to an amazing -15 during at least 10 runs. He received me from -23 to -19, while I had about 380 watts at the feed.
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| Echo test results, 380 watts at the feed, 1.5 Meter dish, AGO preamp |
Bottom Line - the $100 USD converted Chinese solar cooker has enough gain to work a great number of stations on 23cm and above.