October 1999
This page will hopefully show impartial comparisons between various images taken in the UK, from the same Noaa14 pass at 17:54 local time on 12th October 1999 using as many different systems as possible.
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
George Newport, PHQFH, Professional Timestep NOAA Preamp, RG058 27 Metre, Proscan, Canterbury
Alan
Jarvis, Home built copper pipe QFH in loft, CT100 10 metres, RIG preamp,
Proscan,
Cardiff
Kevin
Bates.Loft mounted PHQFH antenna with no preamp,AR5000. RG67, Derby
Les
Hamilton, Home made QFH, Proscan. about 6 mile from qth (Aberdeen) ideal
horizon
Les Hamilton, Woodhouse APT-2CP (Turnstile), No preamp, RG598/U, RX2, Edinburgh, Quote from Les "Please don't laugh." LOL
Nigel
Evans, Home built copper qfh in loft, RX2 via satellite cable, SatSignal,
Aylesbury. Quote from Nigel "I do get better images
sometimes honest!"
Paul Telco,
New to my system for this round is another homemade QFH mounted 4m above
ground. It is a PHQFH made from 15mm copper tubing. I used Paul Hayes' web, The
rest of my system remains unchanged: Scanmaster SP-55 Preamp, PCR-1000, 20 m
RG58, WxSat 2.55e, Hatfield, Herts. Quote from Paul "Thanks for a great
competition,"
Dave Remnant. No details were given but I will assume same as last comp, ie loft mounted turstile.
