Technical Library

In this section, the NTMS provides presentations which have been created by our members or significantly contribute to the advancement of the amateur microwave community. 

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Antennas

The 10 GHz Flyswatter experiment - Craig Young-KA5BOU (ppt) 900k

The NTMS 1296 Loop Yagi Project - Al Ward - W5LUA (pdf) 169k

The NTMS 1296 Loop Yagi Project Measurements - Al Ward - W5LUA (pdf) 50k

How To Play Radio with Hidden Antennae Eric Silverthorn -NM5M 1.2 MB

Beacons

NT5NT 10G beacon - Dave Robinson (ppt ) 500k

Circuit Design

Design Techniques for VHF & UHF LNAs- W5LUA (pdf) 1.1MB

Biasing MMICs - W5LUA (pdf) 377k

Biasing RF Bipolars - W5LUA (pdf) 417k

Switching Power Supplies Chuck Clark 573k

Designing Stability into 1296 MHz and
2304 MHz Low Noise Amplifiers
Al Ward / Tommy Henderson 800kB

CT1DMK Related

Experiences with a 93.6 Brick VXCO (ppt) 334k

Progress Report with CT1DMK board (From Belton)-WA5TKU (ppt) 840k

Digital Modes

JT44 on 10 GHz -Joe Jurecka N5PYK (ppt) 75k

WSJT - Dave Robinson WW2R (ppt) 1.2M

DSP Based Radios

Building the DSP-10 (Updated for HamCom) - Dave Robinson (ppt) 600k

The Softrock 5 SDR - Al Ward (pdf) 1.4MB

Using the Soft Rocks as Microwave IF Spectrum Analyzers Al Ward 827kB

SoftRock 6.2 for 10m Al Ward (3 MB)

802.11

WRT54G for HSMM - John Beadles (ppt) 797k)

Equipment Modifications

Qualcomm PA Retuning Techniques (AF1T)

Power hookup for RW-289 and RW-2135 TWT

Surplus 23G mixers for use on 24GHz - Al Ward (pdf) 31k

Surplus amplifiers for the vhf and up bands - Dave Robinson (pdf) 509k

Filters

Building VHF/UHF Cavity Filters from copper pipe - Joe Jurecka N5PYK (ppt) 270k

Feedline

Using standard PL-259 connectors with Andrew FSJ-1 Superflex - Bob Gormley WA5YWC (pdf) 550k

80 GHZ Feed - Jim Hudson WA5JAT (pdf) 420k

General

Hamcom Welcome to NTMS 2.8MB

VHF Contesting Survey - Stephen Hicks N5AC 700kB

Listening to the Japanese Lunar Prospectors Al Ward 4.5 Mb

 

GPS Timing and Locking

Accurate timekeeping from GPS - Dave Robinson WW2R (pdf) 241k

The Shera Lock Box Revisited - Dave Robinson WW2R (ppt) 279k

N1JEZ The N1JEZ Simple GPS Stabilized 10 MHz Oscillator - Dave Robinson WW2R (pdf) 680k

Operating

Backyard 1296 EME...What they didn't tell me - Dave Robinson (pdf) 1550k

Backyard Microwave EME - An update - Dave Robinson (pdf) 2.8 MB

1296 MHz EME Expedition to the Northeast US Bob Gormley 8.5 MB

Microwave EME Al Ward 1.2MB

The Road to 1296 WAS Al Ward W5LUA & Paul Perryman WA5WCP 2.2Mb (pdf)

Simple 10 GHz SSB/CW For the Beginner Bob Gormley 3.6MB

Prescalers

A prescaler board for use with the CT1DMK Reflock (pdf) - Joe Jurecka N5PYK 178k

Propagation

Tropospheric Ducting  (CSVHF/HamCom)- Joe Jurecka N5PYK (pdf) 2.1M)

Rainscatter on the microwave bands - Joe Jurecka N5PYK (pdf) 534k

Microwave Link Design  (HamCom) - Joe Jurecka N5PYK (ppt) 242k

Roving

Antenna Aiming Issues for Rovers- Wes Atchison (ppt) 205k

Microcontrol of Microwave Stations (ppt) 1.9MB

Rover Challenges --Steven Hicks N5AC pdf 2304k

Using APRS as a roving tool (ppt) 807k

 

Testing Techniques

A $20 WiFi Spectrum Analyzer - Bob Kmak (ppt) 267k

Noise figure measurement using PC sound card and homebrew noise source - Joe Jurecka N5PYK 1M

Using the Soft Rocks as Microwave IF Spectrum Analyzers Al Ward 827kB

Transverters

Transverter 101 - Al Ward W5LUA (pdf) 77k

Transverter 102 - Al Ward W5LUA (pdf) 220k

Using Inexpensive Surplus Modules to Build a 24 GHz Transverter - Al Ward W5LUA (pdf) 830k

 

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