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Read More432 AND ABOVE EME NEWS – February/March 2020
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Video of the new world record for 122 GHz band
Calling KB6BA de K6ML, 7 dB SNR in 22 Hz (-13 in 2500 equivalent) on peaks. 17 Feb 20, 139km, new world record for 122 GHz band, QSOs between Mike, K6ML, on Mt Vaca (CM88WJ75ON, 835m ASL) and Oliver, KB6BA, (at 1225) & Jim, N9JIM, (at 1250), both on Mt Umunhum (CM97BD18VJ, 1016m ASL) WX: Dew Point -11C, Air Temp…
Read More122GHz New world record – 139 km
From Facebook 122GHz and mmWave activity group (author Mike Lavelle): New world record: 139 km on 122 GHz 17 Feb 2020: QSOs between Mike, K6ML, on Mt Vaca (CM88WJ75ON, 835m ASL) and Oliver, KB6BA, (at 1225) & Jim, N9JIM, (at 1250), both on Mt Umunhum (CM97BD18VJ, 1016m ASL) WX: Dew Point -11C, Air Temp +15C, path loss ~ 225 dB,…
Read MoreResults – 2019 IARU R1 UHF/MW Contest
On the following link, you can find the results of the 2019 IARU R1 UHF/MW Contest. Congratulations to the winners! Photo: https://iaru.oevsv.at/ award print link
Read MoreJA1WQF successfully decoded W5LUA on 47088.1 MHz EME
Great news from EME reflector: JA1WQF Mitsuo was able to successfully decode W5LUA’s 47088.1 MHz QRA-64D signal today Feb 10, 2020. These were one way tests with only me transmitting. At the moment Mitsuo is only running 1 watt but is actively working on a 10 watt amplifier. I run a 30 watt TWT which produces about 25 watts at…
Read MoreNew Icom IC-705 QRP all mode transceiver
At Orlando Hamcation 2020 is presented a new IC-705, the rig will be released in April of this year (hopefully). The small package offers a lots of functions, like a big base station. A new rig can also be a interesting for microwave transverters. Supported will be 0.5W output mode what is useable for many transverters. We can’t find info…
Read MoreDORSTEN – GHz Meeting
Next Saturday, 15th February 2020, in Dorsten is a well-known GHz meeting. The meeting is organized by the DARC, the local club “Herrlichkeit-Lembeck”, and the DARC district “Westphalia-north”. The GHz-Tagung is supported by the local adult education center. Programm is rich and very interesting (please use Google translate): Tagungsprogramm der 43. GHz-Tagung in Dorsten am 15. Februar 2020 09:00 Uhr…
Read MoreDL2OCB – Web of the Week
Stefan DL2OCB is amateur radio and electronics hobbyist. He owns an excellent lab for RF measurement, see a big list of equipment. On his web pages, you can also find some of the microwaves articles, like a 24GHz transverter from DMC bricks, ADF4153 PLL, Chinas Bias Tee up to 6GHz… Enjoy reading! Photo: a screenshot of DL2OCB web page
Read MoreKuhne G3 10GHz Local Oscillator adjustment
Adam VK4GHZ had a problem with the Kuhne G3 10GHz transverter. Problem was with Local oscillator and Adam described the solution <here> From Adam`s blog: I was caught by surprise out in the field the other day, when my new Kuhne MKU 10 G3 432 appeared to not work. But it worked fine on the shack bench. Kuhne are very secretive about…
Read MoreThe Best Software Defined Radios (SDRs) for 2020
On web page oneSDR you can read interesting articles about SDRs “The Best Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) for 2020”. Maybe can help you to choose a new toy for your lab or shack. “After extensively researching Software-defined Radios (SDR), we think the HackRF is the best product. It covers the most popular frequency range of 10 MHz to 6 GHz which includes everything…
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