KG0D appears to be using folding dish for 23cm moonbounce and solid-state amps are now readily available, so drive-up summits are definitely possible…
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You could carry that up the hill and then use it for the descent:
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I’ve seen a website selling dishes like that though I can’t find a link but they were not ruinously expensive compared to the rigs some have constructed for EME. But I suspect a big challenge is the tripod to support it unless you only ever tried when there was no wind.
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You would need a big gun on the other side. Sadly, their number is now n-1, as DL7APV has been reported sk.
Ahoi
Pom
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It’s fantastic how easy EME connections are today…
When I think about it, I was one of the weakest stations in the late 80s / early 90s with 500 W in a 4 x 17elt group…
73 Armin
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I don’t understand that statement…unles you are saying to big to fit in the AZ ?
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