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jcalvinowens 7 hours ago

> Getting a 1.5 kW, 240-antenna EME array

It says 1W TX power per antenna. So the 240 antenna array which draws 1500W has a transmit power of 240W.

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HNisCIS 7 hours ago | parent [-]

EIRP. There's some gain involved.

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jcalvinowens 7 hours ago | parent [-]

I think they're claiming the actual transmit power is 240W (23.8 dBW), and the EIRP is 63.1 dBW.

I am sort of skeptical of the claimed gain... even at 6GHz, you need a 2-meter parabolic reflector to get 40dB, the array is 1/10th that diameter. EDIT: Ignore this second paragraph I misread the spec page.

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mrtnmcc 7 hours ago | parent [-]

The MoonRF array is a full 1 meter diameter as shown on the page

	▲	jcalvinowens 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm asleep and I misread that as 10cm. Thanks.