Hi Chris,
You could throw together a simple diode sampler using a 1N5711 or
HP2800 diode. I actually made a couple of these, using HP2800/1N5711
for up to about 2 or 3 GHz and an HSMS8202 for up to 10 GHz, built
right on an SMA connector. There's an example circuit here (Figure 4):
http://www.sonic.net/~n6gn/hr88/a2/article2.html
Another option is to get an all-band power meter (ABPM) from Down East
Microwave. But if you only want to tell if there's RF present, the
simple diode detector works fine over the range of 0 to +20 dBm from
my experience.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:54 PM, w0ep <w0ep@yipyap.com> wrote:
>
> I'm new to this list. I hope to be able to do more VHF contesting in
> the future.
> This may be far off topic, if so, please direct me to anyplace you think
> might be useful.
>
> I have some military surplus microwave signal generator equipment and I'm
> trying to figure out if there is some way for me to tell if they are
> working.
> I don't necessarily need to have any accuracy in frequency or level, just
> to know if there is a signal coming out.
>
> My O-scope does 200 Mhz
> My frequency counter says it will go up to 1.3 Ghz.
> My sources are 1.6-4.5 Ghz and 3.7-8.4 Ghz
>
> If this were HF I might try a lightbulb test or something.
> But other than cooking, I have no experience with microwave equipment.
>
> Chris
> w0ep
> EM53
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