SCATTERPOINT – 2009 An Amateur Radio Publication for the Microwave Enthusiast JANUARY 3cm reception using satellite LNBs 2008 Contest Results Food for Thought 2009 Contest Rules & Calendar Alan Walmsley G2HIO Silent key Ofcom microwave beacon update info FEBRUARY 1296 VSWR / Power Indicator from junk Eyal Gal 21.2-23.6GHz Transceiver Microscope with camera for under £40 Farewell to Bill James G6XM New venue for Yorkshire roundtable 3.4GHz Lowband Contest Results MARCH 23/13cm Dish Project Output indicator for DB6NT transverters Spurs and How to Avoid them Offset Fed Dish Tilt Angles Sun Noise Measurements Microwaves and the Younger Generation APRIL Eve! Amateurs bounce signal off Venus Enclosure Painting 10MHz distribution systems GB3MLE beacons now Silent Keys FIRSTS – contacts between OK and UK Ofcom NoV changes MAY 133.6km on 76GHz Sun noise measurements Chuck Houghton, WB6IGP Silent Key RAL Roundtable Report West Coast Microwave Event Seigy 2009 Report JUNE MMIC oscillator Experiments Transfer Relay Switcher Remotely controlled Variable Attenuator Olympic use of Amateur Frequencies WSPR Beacon Design Software Wideband FM lives on JULY / AUGUST Bridgewave Synthesisers – by G4JNT South Yorkshire Microwaves Report 32GHz down converter for DSN M0EYT 10GHz slotted waveguide antenna tests SKs: Ken Willis G8VR, John Tye G4BYV 3.4GHz EME – G3LTF, G4NNS & G0API SEPTEMBER The World above 600GHz New 24GHz Firsts The Wimo SHF-2344 yagi antenna Useful Alcatel Test Module The BBQ Summer of 2009 A Tribute to Ken Willis G8VR OCTOBER Modifying the DB12NT for 10.224GHz Adding FSK to the DDK2001 source Alcatel 10GHz Synthesiser New Slovak Laser DX record Martlesham RT Programme Beaconspot extended to cover VHF/UHF NOVEMBER / DECEMBER Control for the VertiCom MTS1500 A new EME compass rose for W3HMS Microwave anniversaries 2009 Cumulative Contest Results Portable & Rovers on 24 and 47GHz Martlesham Noise tests