Re Brian G8CUB's question in latest Scatterpoint Free Space Path loss at 1.42GHz for 2.5 Billion LY = 32.4 + 20.LOG(1.42 * 2.5E9 * 365.2422 * 86400) = 373dB (GHz, Lyears, Days/year, seconds/day) Andy

RS Components are getting worse in their old age. After wandering up to the Trade Counter this morning to collect the PIC devices, and being told "I had ordered too late", got back home and an hour or

I've dispatched five orders so far and have run out of PICs. Five still waiting. Placed an order with RS yesterday, but they "claim" it was too late for delivery today , which was untrue as I placed t

Looking on ebay, can't find a UK supplier of N plug for semi-rigid, soldered. They all seem Chinese or Crimp. Where to go? Ben

I have a SP23MKII mats head preamp, its not working. I wonder if anyone has a circuit for it with the component value, I suspect one of the 2 Gas Fet, but unsure on what they are, they seem to be the

Hello Andy, I just ordered three of the units. I couldn’t see anywhere to say that I would like 2 of the keyed ones and 1 of the non keyed versions. Many thanks indeed, David G4GLT.

Folks, I have a received a few more of these from Kent. A few of you had expressed interest in buying one, way back....... I am sorry, but I have mislaid the 'waiting' list. In the UK they are £10 eac

No, Don't panic - they're all running OK :-) Just posting to say Thank You to those who have made donations over the last few months towards the upkeep of these bacons - you know who you are. If you r

Hi all, normally I try to monitor the GB3MHZ beacons (currently 23, 13 and 9cm) which present a good condx indication. The beacons are roughly 300km distance from my station. The past few days condx w

Hello All, I've been going through my 'real junk' boxes getting rid of the real dross of ages, and have found some NIB (new in bag, in this case) Suhner N Jacks which I can't identify. They are not in

Slew drives from China So to move a 1.2M+ dish what would be OK ? For me FedEx sort out everything with no storage fees. 73 Dave G4IUG

4 Foot Fibreglass Prime Focus dish up for grabs! Dish is substantial with metalised reflective surface complete with 4 fibreglass stays to support LNB etc Free to a good home but would appreciate a sm

Hello, I am adding elevation on a dish for tropo only (not EME) and wondered if anyone has a photo of the mechanics of it, preferably with some sort of hinge . I have an actuator which has a stroke le

Hi all, Andrew, VK3CV, has been busy in lock-down pushing the boundaries of what's possible. Take a look at his latest video for experimentation on 30THz, here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gJtz

Hi all Anyone got any info or links to an english set of instructions for: https://www.banggood.com/RF-Power8000-1Mhz-8000Mhz-OLED-RF-Power-Meter-55dBm-5dBm-Adjustable-Attenuation-Value-p-1208585.html

Hi all, I have repurposed a DDK 2008 L band source from 96MHz to 106.5MHz with an output of 1278MHz. The original was extended to include a PGA103+ to bump up the output to feed a high level mixer. Th

Back on topic hopefully. I have never objected to paying duty and VAT but I do strongly object to paying £8 to £20 on top of that duty to the courier I already paid handsomely to deliver it in order t

Nice delivery of pcbs today, the 9cm transverter is the one that I'm looking forward to building up. There is another batch of CANFI noise heads, but my pick and place is in bits at the moment, i 'll

Well, having had a guy I buy aerial parts off in Germany decline to supply because of VAT .. I did a bit more digging. It turns out, that while I thought he was wrong .. he's actually right ... any sm

Does anyone have a schematic for an MKU 13 G3? I can’t find mine. I can find the bit of paper that came with it explaining how to fit a lock indicator LED but not the schematic. I just finished puttin