Is an isolator overkill when measuring a Gunn diode oscillators output power?
Not even the frequency, just power.

#GHz #24GHz #ghz_bands

Absolute dumbest test setup.

#10GHz #ghz_bands

The badly soldered .141 coax broke off one of the radio clubs test antennas. So I fixed it more proper with more appropriately sized coax.
Pigtail used was a random one from the radio clubs "SMA pigtails"-drawer.

Nice antennas with nice and flat gain too.

#ghz_bands #hamradio

Some GHz stuff was done for a change.

#ghz_bands #10GHz #surplus

Setup for setting setting up the power meters and the drive amplifier output power.

#hamradio #GHz #ghz_bands #2.4GHz #13cm

:D 6.1eur BK4802 based radio from aliexpress has detectable harmonics up to ~12.5GHz.

#electronics #bk4802 #hamradio #GHz_bands #GHz

YES!
Band is not gone.
Not back to it's former glory. but not some evil joke like 25mW EIRP limit or something.
But still very usable.
And unlike now, I should not have to buy back the band in 25kHz chunks if I want to operate on it.

More info: https://www.iaru-r1.org/2023/itu-r-recommendation-m-2164-on-23cm-amateur-service-and-rnss-operations-now-published-in-time-for-wrc-23-discussions/

Via: https://twitter.com/IARU_R1/status/1728081663672934751
#hamradio #amateurradio #23cm #1296MHz #GHz_bands

I love me some proper tools.

#geckokapula #jtag #segger #jlink #homebrew #hamradio #70cm #2400MHz #GHz_bands