I plan to operate on 3cm this weekend from near Cherbourg. I need to be able to hear a beacon to be able to calibrate my azimuth rotator. Bell Hill, Dorset is the obvious one, although at about 150 km

Hello Frank, One possibility is the F6DWG beacon, which was on 10368832-ish the last time I heard it (last week). I think it's in JN09WI and it runs some power - 4W from memory - so could be audible.

Hi All I plan to be active on Sunday from Alport Heights IO93FB44 again. According to the Hepburn tropo index we may have some conditions which could make it very interesting indeed. My equipment will

Which waveguide to use for 3cm. The old WG16 or the next size up (is it called WR90?), as used in comercial 13GHz links. I belive the cut- off for the 13GHz wave guide is just about 10GHz so it can be

Hi all, I've put a brief write up of our contesting effort at http://www.frars.org.uk/cgi-bin/render.pl?pageid=1230 There are also a number of mp3 files of the 10GHz QSO's that we had. regards, and se

Hi all, Can anyone tell me how a cavity backed spiral antenna works in theory? 73.. Ciemon

XYL says I MUST clear out the garage (antenna store!!) So....these are for sale due to lack of time and space! 4 available 48 ele G3JVL loop yagis - these are JVL made not copies - def original! long

Due to impending job change I will have no time at all to do what I intended on 23cm from the UK. Therefore I have an SSB Electronics LT23S for sale. Mint condx - 10W out - 1.8 dB NF receiver - N type

G3SDC/P will be QRV 50, 144, 432 and 1296 this weekend from J002ST (Norfolk coast). I hope to work a few of you on 23cms. 73 Grant Hodgson G8UBN De Montfort University ARS

I am looking for a RF Rotating joint, suitable for 1.3GHz if anyone has one in the spares box. Also looking for an MC1495 analog multiplier IC at a reasonable price. Regards, Rich

OK guys here is yr good deed for the year! I have a young man near me who wants to be active on 3cm. he is keen and typc young un! no money! I have donated some equipment to him so that he has 80mW on

I have recovered a 23Ghz waveguide filter from a piece of microwave gear - Is there anyone around the west midlands with suitable test gear, could see if it will go onto 24 GHz. Can anyone tell me the

Guys I have just been checking out my 10g setup ready for 27th contest Help! my coax jumper has been damahed in my house move. I urgently need 1 or 2m long coax lead - N to N plug OK at 3cms if you wa

anyone used RG142 at 10g cutoff freq seems to be 32 Ghz any use in small lengths at 3cm? regards Simon GM4PLM

Any of you DB6NT users advise me? I have a DB6NT mk2 10g tvtr - do many of you use preamps in front of this?? I also have a 102a dual stage HEMT DB6NT preamp which is spec'd at 0.8db NF at 24 dB gain.

Hi all I was at the Reading rally last weekend and picked up a PMR that had a JNT004 transverter in it with a seperate LO. For some reason I can not get any audio from the PMR, but thats not to worry

Hi all, This sunday the 27th July, myseld M0EYT and John - M5AHQ will be on Bell Hill, Dorset with our 10GHz station. We'll have 2m talkback and mobile phone comms available at 07968 485515. The locat

Hi all I picked up a psion3 today at a local bootsale(market) for a 2. Does anyone know if there is any distance/bearing software for it ,it would mean a lot less power comsumption compared to the PC

Last few parts now in my clearout! G3WDG 2.3 GHz transverter and DDK004 LO. Aligned working - needs boxed in a bigger case. £80 G3WDG 1W pa to match above £40 built for above. 3 x Ionica PA's £25 each

Any UK uwavers going this year?? I shall be there hopefully and want to know if anyone else going from UK! regards Simon GM4PLM