Around 1 year after I could work Bernd, DL7APV (sadly now SK) on 70cm EME, I was now able to work Frank, NC1I. Frank is in Massachusetts and has a 70cm EME array with 48 yagis with 15 elements each, so a total of 720 elements. His gain is around 31.5dBd and he is using this setup since 1994.

People often ask me on Twitter how I mounted my 15 ele Diamond A-430S15 yagi antenna on my photo tripod. Well, it was quite simple. I have a normal photo tripod for photo cameras.

I already had one at home anyway. So I measured the boom of the 15 ele Diamond A-430S15 and sent the measurements (boom diameter 22mm) to Dragan, 4O4A. He then made me a drawing that I could easily print with my own 3D printer. Of course, this part does not fit universally. It depends on the mounting plate.

I'm very happy that I was finally able to finish my first Earth-Moon-Earth 🌍-🌕-🌍 (#EME) QSO last week. It only worked out because Bernd, DL7APV did all the work with his amazing 128 (!) x 11 ele 70cm Yagis. He has a gain of incredible 33.7dB over a dipole:

People often ask me on Twitter how I mounted my 15 ele Diamond A-430S15 yagi antenna on my photo tripod. Well, it was quite simple. I have a normal photo tripod for photo cameras.

I already had one at home anyway. So I measured the boom of the 15 ele Diamond A-430S15 and sent the measurements (boom diameter 22mm) to Dragan, 4O4A. He then made me a drawing that I could easily print with my own 3D printer. Of course, this part does not fit universally. It depends on the mounting plate.

I'm very happy that I was finally able to finish my first Earth-Moon-Earth 🌍-🌕-🌍 (#EME) QSO last week. It only worked out because Bernd, DL7APV did all the work with his amazing 128 (!) x 11 ele 70cm Yagis. He has a gain of incredible 33.7dB over a dipole: