Free RF Engineering Software for Hamradio Enthusiasts

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If you create your own hardware you need good software tools to doing that. Professional software is too expensive for hobby users but some free software tools doing a good job too. SignalIntegrity – is Python based software for signal and power integrity brought to you by Teledyne LeCroy. It has two main uses: SignalIntegrityApp – A GUI software application that…

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RF Signal Generator up to 6GHz

rf signal generator hamradio

From Josh Johnson comes a very interesting project of RF Signal Generator which is useable up to 6GHz. RF Signal Generator is capable of sweeping between 23.5 MHz and 6GHz, with -35 to +15 dBm of output power (-25 to +10 guaranteed). More info about RF Signal Generator and of other interesting projects you can find od Josh webpages. Photo:…

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moRFeus – A field-configurable wideband frequency converter and signal generator

MoRFeus A field-configurable wideband frequency converter and signal generator

“MoRFeus is a 30 MHz–6 GHz field-configurable Fractional-N wideband frequency converter and signal generator. Its LCD display and button interface enable dynamic field-level configuration – from switching between signal generator and other modes, to setting the local oscillator frequency and more. It was designed for wideband frequency up- and down-conversion – with an LO frequency range of 85 MHz–5.4 GHz…

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RF lecture series

Jeffrey Walling RF lecture series

Jeffrey Walling posted on YouTube a very interesting RF lecture series. Mr. Walling is Principal Engineer at Qualcomm and Professor on the University of Utah. He is an Experienced electrical engineer with emphasis on CMOS mixed signal, analog and RF circuit and system design. We believe, soon coming more lectures. Also, on Mr. Walling YouTube channel you can find a…

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SP6T Wideband RF Switch (5 – 3000 MHz)

Aditya Mukherjee SP6T Wideband RF Switch

Aditya Mukherjee published on hackaday.io a very interesting project of SP6T wideband RFswitch, useable from 5 to 3000MHz. Technical features in short: 5 MHz to 3000 MHz operation Excellent insertion loss and decent isolation performance Compatible with 3.3V logic No DC blocking 2000V HBM ESD Rating on All Ports 3V to 5V operation Low power device (≈100μA current draw) Entire…

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