Bluefan Budget LPM

[Moistenator]

well, it does a good job provided there arent major obstacles ahead. Besides, 144MHz here has gotten really noisy recently due to the unlimited proliferation of poorly shielded digital equipment (routers, pcs and whatnot). It only takes a fraction of a microvolt to render a 25khz channel unusable

Yeah.. i'm just finding it's useless for long range communication, I can get out 70km max on my 45W Home base.

 

[phenol]

a directional antenna with low loss coax will definitely help. some people use preamps, but that's just too much for terrestrial work. 70cm and above behave a little like the lasers we all know

 

[Moistenator]

a directional antenna with low loss coax will definitely help. some people use preamps, but that's just too much for terrestrial work. 70cm and above behave a little like the lasers we all know

Haha yeah.. I was thinking that the other day.. But I don't really wanna just get out one direction..

 

[phenol]

any reason a rotator won't work?

 

[Moistenator]

any reason a rotator won't work?

Like a turn table?

 

[phenol]

no, not unless you plan on cooking the yagi in a microwave.
like these: Welcome to Yaesu.com

 

[Moistenator]

no, not unless you plan on cooking the yagi in a microwave.
like these: Welcome to Yaesu.com

How much would I be looking at to get one second hand?

 

[phenol]

How much would I be looking at to get one second hand?

i havent got a clue, but i don't believe they cost the world. You could just point the antenna in the direction where most of your contacts are.

You said you have TYT-900. How is that handie capable of 45W? Maybe you mean TH-9000?

 

[Moistenator]

i havent got a clue, but i don't believe they cost the world. You could just point the antenna in the direction where most of your contacts are.

You said you have TYT-900. How is that handie capable of 45W? Maybe you mean TH-9000?

Yeah, Haha. Typo...

 

[kommed133]

I picked up this same LPM just a week or so again

Johan is very pleasant to deal with and I am very happy with the unit considering the price

 

[Moistenator]

I picked up this same LPM just a week or so again

Johan is very pleasant to deal with and I am very happy with the unit considering the price

Nothing to complain about.. That's for sure!

 

[kilter]

Sorry for the bump but I had to Lol at the radio conversation

 

[Moistenator]

Sorry for the bump but I had to Lol at the radio conversation

Sorry for the bump? I would understand if it were relevant to the thread which it's not.

 

[Livinloud]

well since this has been bumped, i do have a relevant question: do you know if the bluefan basic has a data logging upgrade/option or if he can easily add it to the basic LPM? if your not sure ill shot them a quick email

 

[MarioMaster]

It should be possible to use it with ARG's datalogging addon, although exact implementation would vary depending on if there is a 1mV/W signal available.

If not, the calibration factor used by Bluefan for the LPM would need to be added to the firmware on the datalogger to give calibrated results.

 

[Antharak]

Thanks for the review. It was my first LPM.
I would protect the tec on the front. If the aluminum block falls over the sensor can be scratch or even broken. That happens to me once.

Like this http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/7922/img0325f.jpg or this http://users.telenet.be/nihao/Laser/reflection_LPM.jpg

Thanks Blord I went hunting and found these.
http://buyrubberfeet.com/index.php?...&category_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1


Now when my Bluefan gets here I wont worry.