Return-Path: Received: from rly-df02.mx.aol.com (rly-df02.mail.aol.com [172.19.156.15]) by air-df01.mail.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDF013-53049ccf8cd145; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:03:44 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by rly-df02.mx.aol.com (v123.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINDF023-53049ccf8cd145; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:03:26 -0400 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1LnEW2-0004Pz-TC for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:02:42 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1LnEW2-0004Pq-I4 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:02:42 +0000 Received: from mailout.toya.net.pl ([217.113.224.27] ident=postfix) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1LnEW0-0000Gw-Hf for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:02:42 +0000 Received: from localhost (unknown [192.168.120.26]) by lazir.toya.net.pl (TOYAnet MailServer) with ESMTP id EF0F28C314 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:02:37 +0100 (CET) X-TOYA-AV: AntyVir-Skaner at toya.net.pl Received: from lazir.toya.net.pl ([192.168.120.25]) by localhost (antyvir.toya.net.pl [192.168.120.26]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id un0B2imyV48k for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:02:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from [10.11.178.152] (lazir [217.113.224.3]) (Authenticated sender: unimlyn) by lazir.toya.net.pl (TOYAnet MailServer) with ESMTP id AC1E98BF70 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:02:37 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <49CCF89D.4030408@toya.net.pl> Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:02:37 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?UGlvdHIgTcWCeW5hcnNraQ==?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <8bf118410903270647t5ebb0cedi82b96e2ea73075bd@mail.gmail.com> <20090327162720.6et0xg2farr40g0c@webmail4.kuleuven.be> In-Reply-To: <20090327162720.6et0xg2farr40g0c@webmail4.kuleuven.be> X-Karma: unknown: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Lazy Man's CW made it to Venus and back Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Rik Strobbe wrote: > Dave, > > If I got it right their ran 5kW into a 20m dish at 2.4GHz. > The dish gain should be about 50dBd. > 50dB = 100000 times Dave, Rick, LF sorry , i was too quick and 'forgot ' abt the gain .. so divide my estimate 18000 km/watt by 10^5 and you end up with 0.18 km/watt 73, peter, sq7mpj qth; lodz, poland /jo91rs/