Microwave bands

Interest Groups Amateur Radio
#1

If anyone has a hankering to do microwave work, this guy does some awesome stuff! The mechanical engineering, alone, is impressive.

http://www.ham-radio.com/sbms/presentations/KC6QHP/My_47_Ghz_Rig.pdf

http://store.reactancelabs.com/default.asp

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#2

Here’s why it is important that we experiment and maintain activity in these bands:

http://www.arrl.org/news/amateur-47-ghz-allocation-avoids-5g-juggernaut-in-the-us-for-now-worldwide-defense-continues

The upside of microwave is that strip-line is tiny! No more winding toroids. :smiley:

#3

How do we get to 47 GHz? By doubling 23 GHz, of course!

http://www.qslnet.de/member/on4iy/mmwave/47gdoublers.html

#5

Wow less than 3 minutes ago I just bought some microwave bags … I saw title of thread and “That’s about right, I just buy something and now I get the skinny on something better.”
Microwave browning bags

#7

I work in RF MEMS…

#8

are you a ham radio guy?