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High performance 1.9m station for 23cm EME

Discussed here is a high performance 1.9m mesh wire dish station for 23cm EME. This paper helps quantify the extraordinary performance observed by some 23cm EME stations (e.g., KA1GT) and explores further enhancements to this performance. A key measure of performance is Antenna Gain divided by Antenna Noise Temperature (G/Ta). We wish to maximize this ratio for best receive performance (G /Ta) while also ensuring transmit performance is not compromised (G). Results to date have shown that a 1.9m mesh wire dish can outperform most 3m or larger dishes that employ more traditional designs

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