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W TO A 3 FT DISH AT 30 FT.  AT W5LUA, I USED A 2 FT DISH AT 75 FT, FED BY
THE SAME EW 53 WAVEGUIDE.  I WAS NOT ABLE TO USE MY ANTENNA MOUNTED LOW
NOISE AMPLIFIER LNA AS IT INHALED SOME WATER, SO ALL MY EQUIPMENT WAS AGAIN
LOCATED DOWN IN THE SHACK.  ON 10368 MHZ, I USE A VTU 6191 TRAVELING WAVE
TUBE TWT PRODUCING 100 W.  I ATTRIBUTE OUR SUCCESS TO A NUMBER OF THINGS.
FIRST OFF, WE WERE RIGHT ON FREQUENCY.  BOTH OF OUR STATIONS USE GPS LOCKED
LOCAL OSCILLATORS LOS WHICH MADE IT EASY FOR ME TO FIND CHUCK ON SPECTRAN.
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SECOND, WE WERE ABLE TO AIM OUR ANTENNAS FAIRLY CLOSE AS WE BEGAN TO LOOK
FOR EACH OTHER.  ALSO, WITH THE SLOW FADING THAT WE EXPERIENCED, IT WAS
NECESSARY TO JUST STICK WITH AND RIDE THE QSB BUT WE DID IT.  THE DISTANCE
BASED ON THE 6 DIGIT GRID SQUARES OF EM13QC AND EL98PJ CALCULATES TO BE
999R7 MILES OR 1608R9 KM.  USING OUR EXACT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE SHOWS THE
ACTUAL DISTANCE TO BE 1001R7 MILES OR 1612 KM.  PLOTTING OUT THE PATH ON
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