[Ground-station] Upcoming channelizer test opportunity

[Drew Arnett]

Interesting idea.  Put a RSSI on multiple channels and let several do
EIRP testing at the same time.  And converse for MDS testing.  (Run
two of these against each other first to try before a tuneup picnic?)

And that's the ARRL 10 and Up contest in August/September, not the
SBMS 2 and Up contest in May, that folks do the preparation parties
for.  (But, I'm sure 100% will figure that out no problem.)

Drew
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On Wed, Jun 26, 2019 at 11:01 AM Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station
<ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
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> Later in the summer we usually have at least one tuning party for the 2GHz and Up amateur radio contest. That would be a good opportunity to try on air testing with this channelizer at microwave.
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> The way the test works is there is a transceiver just outside of near field range. Minimum discernible signal and output gain are the two numbers obtained. For the test it’s usually done serially, everyone using same frequency, one at a time.
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> Channelizer wouldn’t replace that setup, but the event has lots of radios all in one place on all kinds of amateur Microwave bands so we should try and take advantage of it, assuming the channelizer will reliably work by then, and that we can put an SDR up on a pole and at least receive with it. 5GHz and 10GHz are straightforward. Above that, we need more RF RX gear.
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> There is another similar event up in Los Angeles, around the same time.
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> So, if you have a local Microwave Group that does something similar, and want to test a channelizer, let me know. At the very least would be a fun paper for Microwave Update or GNU Radio Conference. And, an effective amateur radio demo of polyphase channelizers in practice.
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> -mdt
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> -Michelle W5NYV
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