Im Excited!

[BigRed]

Hi all,

Today after a descent wait a package from Moonraker  in the UK arrived!!!

Im now the proud owner of a Moonraker RADAR-100 Kit-10 (11-567) antenna setup!!

Sometime in the next 48 hours I hope to take down my old setup and redo everything.

As well as the Moonraker (with pre-amp) is a KAL-BS1105 going up, this Im going to have connected to my SBS3 dedicated to PP (once I get that working properly again) and the Moonraker will be dedicated to MMS2 connected to my SBS1er1.

I should also get a height gain of two / three feet, some might say 'so what!' but in my case I am located in the worse of the worse for this hobby and any gain in height is a massive increase.

The pic is my current setup.

I look forward to reporting how things go!!! IM EXCITED!     

CAM
PP - v5
MMS2 - TVL1


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[Smudger98]

Sounds just like a kid at crimble...   and why not...

[BigRed]

Stay tuned....

Last night we got the new 'antennas' up looks very impressive!!!! 

Early reports indicate a MASSIVE improvement. I hope latter today to get some more detailed info regarding this.

Now all I got to do is get PP fixed and see how the other antenna goes!

CAM

MMS2 TVL1
PP v5

[BigRed]

Everything is now up - and been working for 48 hours!!

Ive completely redone my antenna. So now I have the Moonraker RADAR 100Kit with pre-amp and a Kinetic BS105 5db with ground-plane antenna with no pre-amp.

The Moonraker is used for MMS2 and the BS105 for PP.

So far I am really impressed with both antennas. Even the BS105 is performing well. 

However, nothing for me is going to fix the fact I live in a tremendously bad area for this hobby!! I live in a suburb called Douglas in Townsville - look it up and you'll see! 

Stats so far:

NORTH = 120NM    an improvement of 40/50NM
EAST    = 210NM    an improvment of 100NM
SOUTH = 170NM    an improvement of 70/80NM
WEST   = 180NM    an improvement of 60/80NM

Nothing will improve my S/W approach where a significant amount of traffic comes the mountain range plus islands just cant be beat for me.

If I was able to gain another ten feet I know I would achieve another significant improvment, that isnt going to happen unfortunetly!!!!!! Maybe my next post???

Any questions of thoughts sing out.


CAM

MMS2 TVL1
PP (Mlat) v5

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[Chris-G0WTZ]

I have a similar set up and found the pre amp under the 1105 was a big improvement but under the moonraker it was negligable

Which courier handled the Moonraker antenna? (Just curious as it is very good but a bit long to ship ecconomically

Regards

[BigRed]

Hi Chris,

Im thinking about puting a basic Pre-Amp on the BS1105 wait and see.

To answer your question UKMail Express and Mair then via Australian Air Express, does that help?

CAM

[Chris-G0WTZ]

Thanks I will get prices from our courier


Regards

[MIXISM]

Big Red are you seeing any upclose effects like the doughnut hole effect from that antenna?
Later

[BigRed]

Morning Mixism,

If you mean when a contact is overhead or very close I get a stuttering effect.... yes I do (is that what you mean), while annoying the BS1105 is filling that gap. The distance increase is far outweighing the issue.

Let me know.

CAM

[Chris-G0WTZ]

I would have to draw a diagram to show it properly but as the gain increases you will get more range and more donut. I have always said the BS1105 is the best all rounder and while the new Moonraker high give more range I lose some close in stuff so the BS1105 and Moonraker on a switch work well.

At the end of the day Cam you have 2 good antennas which is way better than many who only use the mag mount have fun and I look forward to your conclusions in a week or two

Regards

Chris

[BigRed]

Chris,

When you mention 'switch what do you mean?'

CAM

[Chris-G0WTZ]

I have an antenna switch so I can switch between two antennae I always compare against the BS1105 as my reference and when I have a full screen I swap antenna to see if it increases or decreases count.
I have just set my mac up to run XP and Vista at the same time so I can have two SBS's on the same machine and then I can have one on each antenna It looks odd in coherence to see 2 basestations running side by side

[BigRed]

Ohhhhh, now you have pricked my interest!!!

I must look into getting a switch, Im using paralells too, but Im using the BS1105 purely as a standalone (SBS3) for PP and the Moonraker seperately on BS for MMS2 (SBS1er1).

A switch would be handy!!! hmmm we must talk more!

CAM

[Chris-G0WTZ]

MFJ-1702CN available from Andrews is probably your best option you will need some N-SMA patches etc
If you have a mac and paralells you need two installs of windows I used vista and xp as I had them both and I have the SBS-3 on vista and the SBS-1eR on xp works fine but you have to get one running before you plug the other one in or as I have it the 1er on USB and the SBS-3 on ethernet.
Email me direct if you need any help

Cheers

[BigRed]

OK... today we placed the antenas on a new master pole ontop of the roof!! At least a fifteen feet gain!!! Which in my case is awesome!! 

To early to prodict but.... I can see ground traffic moving around the hard-stand magnificently well!!!   

Distances for the Moonraker.... not enough aircraft up to tell at the moment.

In the next day or so I will be able to let you all know as well as photos version three!!!

CAM