We develop and test our antennas in Bavaria, where a hard winter is a few days below zero. So for the question of how the IceConeFeed handles a real Nordic winter, we asked the operators who run it there. Here is what they report. A note on what the IceConeFeed is, since it matters here:…
Author: claude
Urban Radio Astronomy with the L-Band H1 Helix
How a 10-turn L-Band H1 helix detects the 21 cm hydrogen line from a city balcony in Jena — VNA data, full signal chain and reproducible galaxy transits.
LOKI: Controlled GNSS Jamming & Spoofing Trials
How our L-band RHCP helix antenna became the transmit element in LOKI, the Spanish Naval Academy GNSS jamming/spoofing test system used across NEMO, MARSEC and MINEX naval exercises.
L-Band 10-Turn Helix review by TechMindsYT
Check out the review of our L-Band 10-Turn Helix Antenna for #Inmarsat from @TechMindsYT here: Want one? Browse the full L-Band Helix family in the shop — GPS, Hydrogen Line, Inmarsat and Iridium variants, all fully assembled and tuned.
IceConeFeed Thermal Test — 120 W CW
A customer put the IceConeFeed under 120 W CW with a thermal camera. Peak temperature at the feedpoint: 31.6 °C — a ~20 K rise at the worst-case duty cycle.