Some of you may recall that right at the start of 2021 I expressed an interest in getting on 10GHz as a foundation licence holder, it being a band I was licenced to use but not exactly 'readily availa

hi All, I was wondering if anyone has used the out of spec GaAs fets from J. Birkett on 70cm and 23cms ? Not the "black spot" or "red spot" but the gold type ? (eg,,, no spot) About 20 years ago I bui

Today I took delivery of some military surplus radar kit. It is WR90 waveguide and reputedly it was a ground based radar in ~10 GHz and at one time in use with the Dutch army. Given that it is of Brit

Hello all, before I start trying to diagnose an intermittent problem with the IF returning to RX after TX on my MKU 13 G3 can I ask if anyone has experienced a similar problem? The ‘cure’ is to activa

Good information all around here. I hadn't properly considered Lehane's point earlier. These CPM20/CPM46 may be generally user-unrepairable for internals, unlike some older, larger gear with greater d

Now that I have a functional 10 GHz station in the attic, and due to severe to profound hearing loss in both ears, I would like to add digital modes to the station. Here is the 10 GHz station equipmen

There's several Marconi/IFR CPM20 online, some going quite cheaply. As I lack a microwave frequency counter and also a power meter for my modern Marconi sensors and cable, it seems a good fit. Apparen

Dear All, I have a PST2051D, which has developed a fault. Angular readout is incorrect, both on the controller display and remotely via ethernet board, and drifts by large amounts, many 10s of degrees

Stupidly I have blown up the SMA load fro my NanoVNA. I put accidentally about 20W into it. It blew instantly. Does any one have any spares I could purchase? It is just the load I need. Neil G3RIR

I have had several enquiries about kits for the high power harmonic filter described here: https://www.qsl.net/g3xdy/QRO%2023cm%20Harmonic%20Filter%20and%20Reflectometer.htm At present I don't have an

GB3KBQ went off air in the middle of August 2022 and it was hoped that it would return to the original site however the land owner decided 35 years was enough. A new site was found and negotiations ar

Bit of a tight deadline (Tuesday) due to my holidays. Any input / ideas by Monday morning will be appreciated as usual. 73 John

We are also looking for a volunteer to conduct an independent examination or audit of the Group’s accounts at year end in order to provide third-party assurance to members that the accounts are free f

Apart from the things I should be doing, but am distracted from doing ... I have been working on control software to drive my military dish and mount. This has involved much beating with hammers and d

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Moon] 10ghz eme beacon Datum: Sat, 18 Mar 2023 05:54:55 +0000 Von: Per Dudek via Moon <moon@...> Antwort an: Per Dudek <per@...> An: moon-net@...,

Looks like the repercussions of the Galileo GPS project are beginning to be felt in the .eu now ... Austrian amateurs just had their power output limited to 10W ... be interesting to see how this spre

Well, an hour & 15 minutes to re-fit one SMC free socket, back on the cable it came on. But done, it doesn't spin on the cable any more, and the centre contact if anything is slightly (0.5mm) recessed

The UK Microwave Group AGM will take place at the Martlesham Microwave Round Table on 16th April. The calling notice is attached and will appear in Scatterpoint imminently. We are always looking for v

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The FRARS 10 GHz EME Project history PDF published in the current Scatterpoint is now also available in the UKuG Wiki at https://wiki.microwavers.org.uk/Main_Page#Microwave_EME One day soon, I'm going