[FLWSS] 10.368 and 5.760G

[Hendrickson, Kenneth]

> Is there any compromise with a W5LUA dual feed for 5.7 and 10G on one
dish?

Of course.  All antennas are compromises of some type.
But go ahead and do it.  It will work.  And probably well enough.

> I was surprised by the stability of the DEM units at 2304/3456 and
what 1 watt
> can do above 1296...can't help but (1) "wonder" about  5.7 and 10G,
and
> (2) encourage others to get on 2304/3456 with 1 watt!

As a very rough rule of thumb, system losses go up by frequency cubed,
but antenna gain goes up by frequency squared.  But, you have an antenna
at both ends of the path.  Therefore system antenna gain goes up by
frequency to the fourth power.  The take-away point from this is that so
long as you can still generate power, and so long as you haven't run
into some absorption band (like water or oxygen), you should go to the
highest frequency that you possibly can.  Your antenna gain will more
than overcome the other system losses.  This is generally true up to 10
GHz these days.

So get on 10 GHz!

73,
Ken N8KH