Hi Erich,
Most of the circuits I'm using are other people's designs. Maybe the way I
put them together is unique.
Once I did talk with Kermit W9XA about doing a presentation at Central
States this year but I forgot all about it until recently and don't know if
I'll have the time to put anything together for that now. But maybe I will
write something up for someone or a magazine. I did come up with a couple
cures for problems that seem to work well.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 12:17 AM, N6FD <n6fd@mchsi.com> wrote:
> Zack,
>
> Have you thought about publishing your designs and design philosophy? I
> for one would be very interested in seeing how you did it. I have been
> trying to design something similar, but have not yet started building. You
> can answer either via the reflector or e-mail.
>
> Thanks for raising the S/N on the reflector.
>
> Erich, N6FD
>
> Zack Widup wrote:
>
>> I have been working on putting together microwave equipment for my
>> station for 7 or 8 years now. Each of my working transverters has cost me
>> maybe $150 per band. It's not so much the cost as the time
>> involved. Everything built from scratch, including the circuit boards.
>> I've
>> kept constant watch on eBay looking for Duroid board material and other
>> parts to do this. I've put together transverters for 903 through 10368 MHz
>> and I'm working on 24, 47 and 78 GHz. I have to build two of each
>> transverter for 47 and 78 GHz just so I can use one to align and tune the
>> other.
>>
>> I started off with the basic transverters, then decided I need
>> phase-locked
>> LO's and spent several years and several generations of circuits getting
>> that down so it worked to my satisfaction. Constant added improvements so
>> I
>> could change bands rapidly. I also had to accumulate test gear necessary
>> to
>> align and tune all this stuff.
>>
>>
>>
> [snip]
>
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