April 15th 2000
This page will hopefully show impartial comparisons between various images taken from around the world, normally these competitions have been restricted to the UK only, but because of keen interest we have decided to open this competition and hopefully future competitions to the world, obviously we need to be as fair as possible allowing for differing time zones etc, The pass we will taking is NOAA 14 at 14:57UTC 15:57 Local, this is UK, for those outside the UK take a similar NOAA 14 using your local time.
Please allow for local conditions i.e. expected minimum elevations due to natural and man-made obstructions, also consider whether the aerials where directed, or more than one aerial was used via switching, also consider before making any decisions that most people would prefer to leave their systems to run on auto, and if a tracking system is deemed necessary for APT, then if so you may find HRPT within your reach.
All images are resized and compressed equally, no image will be bigger than 150 k after I have processed them!
The images are in random order
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Midi by Alan Jarvis
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Joe King
Normal antenna broke this morning so used two wire coat hangers with 100 metres RG059, Homemade RX
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Paul Hayes, (Joe) Salford
Roof mounted PHQFH, PROpreamp, 17 metres CT100, PROscan, i interface, using multispectral, Interpolation
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David Whitehead
Turnstile, 15 metre 50ohm coax, Timestep Proscan, i interface, using Satmon to save the Wave file
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Jon Mills, Cardiff
Turnstile, Mutec Preamp, 20 metre URM76, Pye/Phillips R402, WXsat, PSP
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Alan Jarvis, Cardiff
Loft mounted H/Made Coby/Sykes QFH, RIG preamp, 19 feet CT100, PROscan, WXsat |
Bob Green
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Stu Leslie, Onchan Isle of Man
Loft mountedH/Made QFH, 7 metres 75ohm coax, Dartcom preamp, Rig RX2 Satsignal/WXtrack
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Dave Gilmore, Glengormly, N'Ireland
Roof mounted Discone, RX2
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Jim Reynolds, Elmira, NY, USA
H/made QFH, Ramsey preamp, RX2, WXsat outlines with WXtrack
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John Charles, Lincolnshire
Home made QFH Dartcom preamp 20m sat coax , RX2, WXsat and PSP for rx and processing
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Kermit Allen, Fontana California
Marine QFH with inbuilt preamp, 20 foot AGL, 100 foot 50ohm Beldon cable, wefax explorer card, Qfax, All Quorum
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Peter Benney, Aldershot
PHQFH, Timestep preamp, 16 metre CT100, Martelec MSR40, Satsignal/WXtrack. Satmon
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Mike Robinson, Accrington
Turnstile, preamp, 75ohm double shielded cable, PROscan, i interface,
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Hugh Leslie, Douglas, Isle of Man PHQFH, RIG preamp, Rx2 (1000th) RG058 |
Bill Stevenson, Swinton
H/made PHQFH, RX2, RIG preamp, RG058 |
Patrick Prokop, Savannah, GA, USA
Woodhouse 4x4 8 el Yagi, Yaesu 5500 AZ/EL rotator, 40 feet RG8, Gasfet preamp, WXsat, WXtrack, Picture publisher |
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Andy Elkelson, Barking, Essex
RIG Turnstile, MSR50, Amigasat
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Ian McIntyre, Poulton-le-Fylde
H/made Tall/Thin QFH, RG58, Velleman Preamp, RX2, WXsat
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Nigel Evans, Burnham on Sea
Portable QFH (Van Lint design) CB coax, RX2, WXsat, Sony Vaio, SatSignal/WXtrack, PSP5
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Pauli Nunez, Barcelona (King)
PHQFH, 22 metre RG213 RX Sat by Salvador Esteban, SatSignal/WXtrack, Satmon
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Hendricus Lulofs, Caribou, Maine USA
QFH + Preamp, Quorum wefax card, 100 feet Beldon cable
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Milan Konecny, Hartington, Ontario, Canada 10 El L-Beam, Vanguard preamp, Vanguard Wepix 200-B RX, 50 Feet RG58 AU coax, Yaesu 5400B AZ/EL rotor, Kansas City tracking interface, Station 1.0 tracking software, WXsat 2.59 |
Benoit Jean Paul, La Rochelle, France
QFH (Bob Thorpe design) 15 Metre AGL, 28 Metre RG58, Preamp (Elettronica Italy), RX2, Julian's RX2 control program
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David Taylor, Edinburgh
QFH, Helical notch filter, 20 Metre RG213/U, RX2, WXsat (for saving Wave file) SatSignal, WXtrack for outlines, PSP
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Tony Le Page, St peter port, Guernsey
PHQFH (strapped to Palm tree) PROscan, PROsat 32, 40 Metres coax |
Peter Tanner, Weston super Mare
QFH (Cobey/Sykes) RIG/Dartcom RX, 10 Metre RG58
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Paul Holder, Reading Timestep Turnstile + Preamp, RX2, WXsat, SatSignal, PSP
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Dave Remnant, Watford
Timestep Turnstile + Preamp, RG-6 Quadshield cable PROscan, WXsat, SatSignal |
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Kevin Bates, Derby
Loft mounted QFH, UR67 AR5000, PROsat 32
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George Newport, Canterbury
PHQFH + PRO preamp, RG58, PROscan, WXsat
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Les Hamilton, Aberdeen
PHQFH, PROscan, 2 Metres RG59B/U P200 Laptop, Recall, SatSignal, PSP
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Ian Deans, Monifieth
Loft mounted QFH, PROscan, WXsat, SatSignal
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Lawrence Harris, Plymouth
Turnstile, PROscan, 50ohm coax
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Paul Hayden, Brisbane, Australia
H/made Lindenblad, DG MOSfet preamp 20 feet AGL, 30 feet RG58, Vintage Plessey C45 Tank transciever (now transistorized, WXsat
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Ian Busby, Twycross in Leicestershire 2 Turnstiles (V formation) PROscan, RG58, recorded on Minidisc
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Paul Telco, Hatfield, Hertfordshire H/made QFH (Van Lint) P136VDG Advanced Receiver Research preamp 15 metres PSF1/3 75 ohm video cableRX2 ReceiverP500 Win98 WxSat
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Noel Wium, East London, South Africa
Timestep Turnstile + Preamp, PROscan, PROsat II internal interface
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Adrian Chamberlain, Coventry 8mm H/made PHQFH, 30 feet AGL, 20 metres CT100, PROscan, WXsat, SatSignal
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Hadyn Glaister, Onchan, Isle of Man PHQFH, Timestep preamp, RG213, RX2, PROsat 32 + LC interface
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Alan Edward Milton, Folkestone, Kent Turnstile, 5 metre AGL, 20 metre CT100, PROsat II, 386sx 20Mhz, PROscan, 160 metre ASL
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Martin Ellis, Chesterfield 5 Ele X yagi, with AZ/EL control. No Pre-amp, 15 metres coax. Dartcom RXTimestep LC i interface & software.David Taylors WXTrack for gridding & overlay.
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Gerald Ihninger, Salzburg (Austria)
Homemade roof mounted Coby/Sykes QFH, preamp + "receiver kitnuova electronica" (italy), PIII 450 with wxsat and satsignal.
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Dave Cawley, Newmarket
PRO QFH + PRO preamp
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Clive Finnis, Dorset
Home made QFH, RIG preamp, 20 metres CT100 cable, RX2, Timestep LC interface
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Derek Newton-Goverd, Llanelli S.Wales
Loft Mounted QFH, RG58U, RX2, WXsat, AMD K6 II 450mhz processor
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William Tracey, Motherwell Scotland Turnstile 6mts AGL, Rig preamp, RG8 feeder,By its sell by date, RX1 receiver, Cyrix p233m2
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Well what a turnout! we will have to do this again sometime!!!
Please use these results constructively and have a close look at your system see if it's possible to squeeze just that bit more, but remember where you live makes the biggest difference!!
In my opinion you are all winners for taking part, God Bless you all!
Sincere Regards
Paul Hayes
