SOME USEFUL LINKS AND ADVICE FOR MICROWAVE WORK APRIL 2016
Peter VK3QI & Damian VK3KQ
Download this list as a PDF >>> Microwave References
Excellent reference for all things microwave – use the search function http://www.microwaves101.com/
TRANSVERTERS FOR 2.4 and above
KUHNE http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/en/home.html
DOWN EAST MICROWAVE http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/Catalog.htm
MINIKITS http://www.minikits.com.au
VK3XDK http://www.vk3xdk.net46.net/
Geelong Group for 3.4Ghz units
AMPLIFIERS FOR 1.2 and above
KUHNE http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/en/home.html
W6PQL http://www.w6pql.com/
PYROJOSEPH (Ebay) http://www.ebay.ca/sch/pyrojoseph/m.html Spectrian 2.4Ghz amplifiers
OTHER EBAY sellers
DK6JL http://www.hartwig-rf.de/
Spectrian Amps http://www.kl7uw.com/1296-300PA.htm
VK3NX http://www.vk3nx.com/RFAmplifiers.html
Spectrian Amps http://www.nr6ca.org/spectrian.html
SEQUENCERS
KUHNE http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/en/home.html
MINIKITS http://www.minikits.com.au
W6PQL http://www.w6pql.com/
GRID PACKS for 1.2 and 2.4 Ghz
Ebay – plenty of sellers on Ebay
RF Specialists http://www.radiospecialists.com.au/
COAXIAL CABLE and CONNECTORS
Rojone http://www.rojone.com.au/
Ebay sellers – especially rfbat
Hamfest sellers – especially Tim from Site Access for those N and SMA hardline connecting cables – “you can’t have enough”
DISHES
Prime Focus C band mesh 1.8 – 2.4 metres diameter and Offset up to 1.2 metres diameter – second hand on Ebay
Melbourne Satellites http://melbournesatellites.com.au/
Phoenix Group http://www.phoenixtechnology.com.au/
Background Information http://www.triax.co.uk/Products/Satellite%20Reception%20Products/Satellite%20Dishes.aspx
FEEDS
RF Hamdesign excellent ring feeds http://www.rfhamdesign.com/
Some homebrew designs http://www.microwavers.org/files/10GHz/44_45_46_radcom_aug07.pdf
W1GHZ Parabolic Antenna Theory see chapters 4, 5 and 6
http://wireless.ictp.it/school_2003/docs/radio/microwaveantennabook/contents.htm
1.2/2.4 dual band feed http://www.w1ghz.org/antbook/conf/G3LTF_DualBand_Feed.pdf
Patch feed http://www.w1ghz.org/antbook/conf/W0LMD_patch_feed.pdf
Focal Length Issues http://www.satsig.net/focal-length-parabolic-dish.htm
GPS LOCKING and 10MHz REFERENCES and 10 MHz DISTRIBUTIONS
Ebay suppliers TRIMBLE THUNDERBOLT and Chinese equivalents
VK3HZ http://www.vk3hz.net/XRef/XRef_Home.html
VK3XDK http://www.vk3xdk.net46.net/
N5AC http://www.n5ac.com/apolLOInstall.pdf
Down East Microwave http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/product-p/10-4k.htm
SIMPLE HARMONIC GENERATORS FOR MICROWAVES
VK3XDK http://www.vk3xdk.net46.net/web_documents/agile_pll_v2_rev2.pdf
VK4GHZ http://www.vklogger.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=10151&p=20416&hilit=harmonics#p20416
SPECIFIC BANDS
10GHz http://www.microwavers.org/files/10GHz/44_45_46_radcom_aug07.pdf
24GHz Propagation http://www.kwarc.org/10ghz/24g.html
Waveguide switches http://wa1mba.org/wr42sw.htm
O
perating http://www.km0t.com/pages/24ghz.htm
PROPAGATION & DISTANCES & GRID SQUARES & HORIZONS
Propagation http://www.dxinfocentre.com/tropo_aus.html
Propagation http://www.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/viewer/index.shtml
Grid Squares http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php
Grid Squares http://www.k7fry.com/grid/?qth=QF22DM15BA
Distances http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/distancedraw?rec=227721
Horizon View http://www.heywhatsthat.com/
SOFTWARE
http://www.qsl.net/yo3dmu/index_Page346.htm
PST Rotator Control Software
FORUMS
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VK-Microwave/
