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HRWB028-Microwave Radio

2017/7/18
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Ham Radio Workbench Podcast

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This week, George and Jeremy talk with Brian Yee W6BY, about building and operating ham radio gear for the microwave bands. There is a surprising amount of activity in the microwave spectrum and getting on the air is easier than you might think.

Micro:Bit Microcontroller platform  www.microbit.org)

George does a webinar about designing the Workbench power management PCB project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEQvaXnt7Bo&t=2430s)

Order your BitX 40 QRP 40M radio kit - http://www.hfsigs.com/)

The perfect Ham Radio Computer?  The Asus Transformer Mini T102HA - https://www.asus.com/2-in-1-PCs/ASUS-Transformer-Mini-T102HA/)

Brian Yee W6BY presents “Amateur Radio in the Bands Above 1 GHz” at BayCon 2017

http://www.bay-net.org/docs/baycon2017/microwave_ops.pdf)

Brian works on an old earth station written up in CQ VHF

http://www.jamesburgdish.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=MxX1eY3BIK8%3D&tabid=544&mid=1040)

Brian Yee W6BY on microwave comms for ham radio – YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RGIzYZQKGA)

Microwave Update 2017 – Santa Clara California, October 26-29 http://www.microwaveupdate.org/)

Down East Microwave https://www.downeastmicrowave.com/)

Khune Electronic Microwave Components https://www.kuhne-electronic.de/)

Paul K1GHZ Microwave kits http://www.w1ghz.org/)

50 MHz and Up Group – Northern California http://www.50mhzandup.org/)

San Bernardino Microwave Society SBMS http://www.ham-radio.com/sbms/

George’s Blog - http://www.kj6vu.com/)

Bay Net - http://www.bay-net.org)