This is how my 10 GHz EME station is build.

Stations parameters:
Antenna: 3 meter Andrew dish
Noise figure: 0.6 dB pre-amp by DB6NT
Power Output: 150 Watt at feed point
Antenna tracking: Using auto tracking with Rotorsys from IN3HER

Photo off the antenna.

From this part you can find my mechanical solutions I made to get the antenna installed. Difficult part for me was the interface plate between the gearbox and the antenna and how to realize the elevation bearings.

EME station setup
Elevation bearings
Mounting of the antenna
Status end 2000
Modified motor drive
Auto tracking using Rotorsys

For feeding my antenna with the output power from my TWT I am using Elliptical waveguide.
A length of 6 meter gives me 0.6 dB loss which is quite acceptable, for being the only way to get my high power into the dish feed.

On the picture below you can see the transmit waveguide in front of the dish.

As I did not have the transitions from the elliptical waveguide to rectangular waveguide I had to build this for myself.

Using a 4 mm thick brass plate I made a hole in it to fix it to the waveguide, total loss for 6 mtr waveguide is 0.6 dB.

With 150 Watt output from the TWT I still have about 130 Watt at the feed.

EME station setup

The 3 cm EME system will be using a 3 meter Andrew dish which is mounted on a radar gearbox on top of a concrete ring. For receive I  use a modified Low noise converter from Swedish Microwave. At the feed the DB6NT pre-amplifier is mounted and connected via 3 meter semi rigid cable to the down converter mounted at the back of the dish.  The feeder I use is the original Andrew feed but with a self made transition from round to rectangular waveguide. I am still considering to use circular polarization but am searching for the best way to make circular polarization. For transmit I want to use a TWT amplifier capable of more than 200 Watt output which is fed to the antenna by use of a piece of waveguide. Power output at the feed point is about 150 Watt.

Auto tracking

I have build the auto tracking using Rotorsys as described in DUBUS 3/94. I have modified a Genius mouse so that toe Azimuth and elevation sensor are connected to the mouse. For Azimuth I must have 5572 pulses for 360 degrees and for elevation about 2875 pulses for 90 degrees. The sensors for elevation and azimuth had to be changed in a way that I needed two optical sensors for adaptation to the mouse electronics. The mouse want to know in which direction the antenna is moving.

Read here about my antenna readout and Rotorsys usage

	Interface from the computer's parallel port with relays switching the power supply for the azimuth and elevation motor.
	Genius mouse on the top of the interface

On the photo's you can see the sensors for the azimuth and elevation. In this setup I get an azimuth accuracy of about 0.0646 degrees and on elevation 0.0313 degrees. This is well within the limits I wanted it to be. On elevation I still get an error because the sensor is measuring the length of the actuator giving a non linear error. I have calibrated the Rotorsys readout with the commercial elevation sensor I have used before. Up to now I don't have experience with the auto tracking but first indications look well.

	Sensor mounted on the azimuth motor look at the azimuth motor drive
	Sensor on the elevation actuator

Elevation bearings

I changed the Andrew antenna support in a way that I added a 5 cm thick rod for   the elevation bearings. This rod is fixed to two ham radio bearings from Yeasu. See photo.
The bearings are mounted to a home made steel construction. The antenna elevation is changed with a 36 inch satellite positioner.

	Mounting the interface plate to the gearbox The plate is a steel plate of 3 cm thick and was far too heavy to put it on the gearbox by hand. A help mast of 3 meter was used to get the plate on the gearbox.
	The construction between the interface plate and the antenna. This is a self made construction which is mounted to the interface plate by 4 bolts M20. This construction supports the two Yeasu bearings for the elevation rod and the 36 inch satellite positioner.
	The Elevation bearing The Yeasu bearing mounted on the side of the construction. On the other side is the second bearing.
	Mounting the antenna The antenna is mounted with help of a mast off 6 meters which is fastened to the gearbox by some ropes. The antenna was installed by two persons the first one pulling the antenna up to the top off the help mast. The second one steering the antenna and putting it in the correct place on the elevation bearing.
	This is the elevation sensor. It is a commercial device giving accurate readings within 0.1 degrees.
	Elevation sensor mounted on the dish
	Modified motor drive installed. On the window wiper motor I mounted a optical sensor measuring each revolution of the motor. I need about 5100 pulses to turn the antenna over 360 degrees.

Status end 2000

At this moment the gearbox and pedestal are installed in my backyard, see photo of this setup. The pedestal is mounted on a concrete ring of 1 meter high so that the dish can be mounted about 2.5 meter over the ground level.

The gearbox is a professional drive for use with a radar antenna. It turns the antenna at 15 rotations per minute which is much to fast for an EME antenna. I removed the motor of this drive for the setup shown in the photo below.

Modified motor drive

Depending on weather conditions the dish will be installed early next year.
The dish feed consists of the original feeder with a home made transition from round to rectangular waveguide.

For TX I have a TWT amplifier capable of around 150 Watt output on 10368 MHz. This will be installed as close as possible to the antenna giving more than 75 Watt output in the feeder. RX will be a HEMT pre-amp mounted at the feed of the dish.