Mechanical construction – The PA3CSG website

28/12/2021 graat 0

In order to get back on 10 GHz EME I needed a feedhorn for my 0.25 F/D dish. Not easy to find! Paul W1GHZ paper […]

25/09/2014 graat 0

Hinged telescopic aluminium mast I decided to make a telescopic mast from 100 x 100 x 3 mm and 80 x 80 x 3mm aluminium […]

15/07/2014 graat 0

Here are some photos of my home construction of a hexbeam using cheap 6m fishing rods ( € 12,50 ) These fishing rods are not […]

30/10/2009 graat 0

The azimuth rotor idea came from a drawing in an old EME newsletter of the K2UYH mount. This drawing is available from the antenna chapter […]

29/10/2009 graat 0

For the making of the ribs a jig was build on the garage wall. On the wall the shape was made using wood, slightly thinner […]

30/10/2009 graat 0

The dish mount was build on a trailer (ex Belgium army), so it could me moved and eventually be used on dx-peditions. The elevation system […]

03/09/2023 graat 0

The 2.4M dish mount was made by ON6LEO, ON6NL & PA3CSG improvements by ON5GS. The dish is mounted on a big tile foot with several […]

30/11/2023 graat 0

For my 24 GHz dish I needed a feedhorn. The VE4MA superfeed proved to be almost perfect for the job. I made 2 of them […]

07/12/2023 graat 0

This page reports on an ongoing project. It is not finished yet. It is very interesting to work on. Wave-guide switches are hard to get. […]