Category Archives: 70cms

Fun on 10GHz – 4 ‘AD8307 Based Noise Meter – 144MHz IF’

Posted on March 4, 2023 by g4hsk

My small (~ 65cms) dish 10GHz EME experiments have been great fun. More information can be found here. The next step is to install a larger 1.2m off-set dish. This will initially use my existing AZ / EL system, the … Continue reading →

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Enhanced USB-to-Serial PTT Interface

Posted on March 1, 2020 by g4hsk

Many of the modern transceivers today support direct USB connectivity to your shack PC. This USB connection typically enables 2-way audio and CAT control allowing more or less full control of the transceiver, including PTT keying. Where CAT control for … Continue reading →

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Homemade Satellite Antenna

Posted on February 5, 2018 by g4hsk

I was at one time quite active on the early OSCAR satellites. In those days (I’m going back over 35+ years) it was 2m to 10m linear transponder(s). Having not done anything with satellite communications for such a long time … Continue reading →

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