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 04.05.2009

Septum polarize - transformer, feed and all about

Basic

Feed with septum transformer 640kB edit from Power Point

Mechanical solution of 10386 MHz Septum feed  33kB

Drawing of mechanical solution for 23 and 13 cm

Theory of septum polarization transformer IEEE source pdf 560kB

Other IEEE source 333kB

  Flare for Septum polarization feed theoretical calculation

Flare for all bands - practical solution

Practical solution from Cassegrain system by OK1CA

Septum polarization transformer-calculation sheet – Excel 24kB

  If you do not use Excel here is .pdf

23cm  13cm  9cm 6cm  3cm

 

Practical solution on the picture

Click on the picture for detail

 

 

3 cm solution

3 cm assembled

23 and 13 cm

23 and 13cm

DFC microwave company has now this article 23 and 13 cm  for sale.

See here

 

WD5AGO Tommy's solution for 6cm

 

W1GHZ - OK1DFC

Diagrams of septum polarizer which calculated Paul W1GHZ

    Without flare f/D 0,35 – 0,45   

     With flare for f/D 0,45 – 0,6     

W1GHZ page and Antenna book

Analysis of the OK1DFC septum feed by W1GHZ  451 kB

Power Point presentation of Paul W1GHZ - 7Mb

Microwave Antenna book - Septum feed by W1GHZ  1,2Mb

square wave guide

Microwave Antenna book - Septum feed by W1GHZ  1,2Mb

 circular wave guide 

Septum feed with ring - by Paul W1GHZ

OK1DFC septum feed 3400 MHz

   NEW ANALYSES OF OK1DFC feed by W1GHZ

  NEW Analysis of RA3AQ feed by W1GHZ  

DL4MUP

DL4MUP solution

DL4MUP results pdf 64 kb

 

PA0PLY

Interesting experience of Jan PA0PLY

(Jan do not use tuning screw)

New information about feed of Jan PA0PLY

  Other new information about feed of Jan PA0PLY

 

N2UO

Marc N2UO made a optimalization on Dual mode Septum feed

 

RA3AQ

  ANALYSES OF RA3AQ by W1GHZ

  UPGRADE of previous OK1DFC feed with RA3AQ circular wave guide

  Septum feed by Dima RA3AQ for 1296 and 2320 MHz

Septum feed by Dima RA3AQ for 1,2 - 2,3 - 3,4 GHZ 0,36 F/D

  Septum feed RA3AQ for dish with F/D 0,4

Septum feed for dish F/D 0,5 - 0,55 by Dima RA3AQ 1,2 Mb 

  ANALYSES OF RA3AQ by OM6AA

Analyses were performed in CST Microwave Studio software at Czech Technical University in Prague by OM6AA

Probe for RA3AQ feed with 7/16" connector  

 

 

Family of users and septum feed owners

 

  (if you are using this feed too, please let me know I will present your call and link here)  

 

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Feeds assembling

Feed before testing

Prepared feeds

Flare for 0,5 f/D 13cm

Detail of flare 0,5 f/D

Flares for 1296 and 2320 MHz usable F/D 0,4 - 0,5

 

PLEASE use circular polarization from 1,2 GHz up. You see that the system is very easy now !

You can see "Prague EME convention 2002" about circular polarization here.

If you are interesting, let me know on  address.

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Power amplifiers, EME equipments and other units

My first 432 MHz antenna system in 1996 usable for EME. Included 4x38 elements M2 Yagi's, MGF1302 preamplifier and Lunar Link power amplifier  2x3CX800A7-1,5kW.

In the 4x38el.M2  1996

First EME antenna 4x38el. M2

 

 My first 1296 MHz system in 1997. Included 3,8m dish, VE4MA feed, FHX35LGA preamplifier and PA with 2x2C39BA - 150W out, later TH338 1kW out. New feed at 1998 with septum polarize transformer.

um + preampl.

Septum in  the 3,8m  dish

View 3,8m dish

Myself and dish

 

PA with TH313 70 cm for EME

TCXO

SOLID DISH wind load graph
Cathode power supply  150kB

SPANFI

DISH wind load calculation
Plate power supply  150kB

TIMER

LNA 432 and 1296 MHz with ATF54143

SSPA driver 432 MHz - 300W

SEQUENCER

  432 MHz EME power amplifier with YL1056

1296 MHz power amplifier with TH327

432 MHz loop feed

Project of 10m DISH f/D - 0,4

 TRV 1296 MHz with TCXO

Improved N/F by G4DDK VLNA 1,2 GHz

Thomson data sheets

 

My QTH

Build-up new QTH in JN79FW - 329 m a.s.l.

Frozen DISH - December 2007

EME contests & activities

ARRL EME contest 2007

"JT65 simple way to EME"  PDF presentation - CZ language - 1,6Mb 

OK EME Top list

EME and DX traffic in OK

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12th. EME Conference 2006 Germany  

11th. EME Conference N.J. Princeton - USA 2004

11th. EME conference "Photo gallery" 2004 Princeton

10th. EME conference "Photo Gallery" 2002 Praha

 

K2UYH 432 MHz EME and above and news letters

 

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