UK Microwave Group – Scatterpoint Microwave Newsletter – 2016



SCATTERPOINT – 2016
An Amateur Radio Publication for the Microwave Enthusiast


JANUARY

• SK: Peter Blakeborough G3PYB

• Chip Bank Polyphase

• OT5A/P in the IARU-R1 UHF+ contest

• GW4DGU ceases 10GHz Transverter Comps

• UKuG on Social media

• 2016 UKuG Microwave Contest Calendar


FEBRUARY

• UKuG AGM Notice

• Martlesham Round Table and UKuG AGM

• G4BAO 2.5W 23cm LDMOS drive amp ACPR

• BATC 2016 ATV Convention (CAT 16)

• New 134GHz UK distance record

• Activity News


MARCH

• RSGB Vacancy – Microwave Manager

• Martlesham Round Table Programme

• Silent Key – Doug McArthur VK3UM

• Quick & Cheap Omni Antenna for 23cm

• Square Awards

• First UK QSO on 241GHz (1.2mm)

APRIL

• 80m UK Microwavers net

• New RSGB General Manager

• A Low Pass Filter for 1.3 GHz

• G4HUP now trading as hupRF

• Microwave activity days in France.

• March 2016 Lowband Contest Results

MAY

• UKuG 2016 AGM Minutes

• Chairmans Report

• Martlesham Report amd Noise Figure results

• 618-144MHz Converter for Satellite TV LNBs

• A Triplexer for Preamps

• Low Pass Filter (Part 2)

JUNE

• SK: Derek Atter G3GRO SK.

• Crawley: BroadBand HamNet (BBHN) Meeting

• Low level AS tests on 10GHz

• I/Q drive of a 10GHz Subharmonic Mixer

• Sixpenny Low Pass Filter (Part 3)

• The Dutch WEB SDR

JULY

• Procom, Cadsoft

• It Could Happen To You!

• Preamp Measurements

• Backyard 10GHz EME

• Barry Lewis G4SJH – new Microwave Manager

• Docs Wanted: Philips FL5000

AUGUST

• SK: Gunter VE7CLD

• Finningley Report

• A look at the Elcom synthesiser

• Low-cost Microwave Operating

• Nanowaves – a new Finnish record

• 122GHz – First UK Amateur contact


SEPTEMBER

• Crawley Round Table Program

• Programming the Elcom DFS synthesiser

• 10GHz ‘PortaBeacon’

• 17th International EME Conference 2016

• EME2018 lookahead

• AMSAT News – 5 & 10GHz

OCTOBER

• Chairman’s thoughts

• Heelweg 2017

• Drivers for latching relays

• A ‘slab’ mixer for 122 GHz

• Using the Elcom DFS-1301 synth on 76GHz

• RSGB Convention News

NOVEMBER

• UKuG Report to RSGB Spectrum Forum

• Assembling a GW4DGU Transverter

• WSPR tests on 3cm

• ON0EME 10 & 24 GHz Terrestrial beacons

• Contest Results

• Nanowaves

DECEMBER

• Beacon Coordinator Vacancy

• UK Beacons & their License Renewals

• News from the interweb

• Finningley Mk2 Optical Transceiver

• GM Microwave Round Table 2016

• High Efficiency 27-12V 10A DC–DC PSU