I am always willing to show my equipment in operation and to assist anyone
who wants to get active on the microwave bands. My usual contest location is
kind of out in the middle of nowhere in east central Illinois but isn't that
hard to give directions to, if anyone close ever wants to visit when I'm
there.
The 10 GHz contest September weekend was rather loosely structured where I
was, with two other stations, on the western lakefront of Lake Michigan in
Wisconsin (we roved together for a while). I wouldn't have minded some ham
visitors. We actually did have a ham visit us in Point Beach State Park near
Two Rivers. I had a lot of visitors who were curious what we were doing. But
we had long periods of waiting while people on the other side of the lake
drove to new locations, and it would've been optimum for showing someone the
ropes.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Frank Jankovich <fjankovich@yahoo.com>wrote:
> Just wanted to add some comments to what Lloyd Berg N9LB has said.
> I have been on the microwave bands for 5months 1.2 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 10GHZ.
> I got the incentive to try something new for the same reasons.
> Unfortunately this equipment is scarce and expensive. Also very few people
> are skilled to repair or provide mentorship in the operation of this
> equipment. Often I may have questions or need assistance to test equipment
> and many have assisted, Thanks. However, some of the Guru's in the
> microwave field get caught up in the contests and their schedules tend to
> forget the rookies. I almost packed it in Saturday, when a Guru cautioned
> me not to "dawdle or experiment" a couple of times because of tight contest
> schedules. My advice to the more experienced is, if you frustrate the
> rookies, you will soon find no one responding to your calls on the microwave
> bands and you will be talking to yourself.
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