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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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
NT5NT 10G beacon - Dave Robinson (ppt ) 500k
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
Experiences with a 93.6 Brick VXCO (ppt) 334k
Progress Report with CT1DMK board (From Belton)-WA5TKU (ppt) 840k
JT44 on 10 GHz -Joe Jurecka N5PYK (ppt) 75k
WSJT - Dave Robinson WW2R (ppt) 1.2M
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)
WRT54G for HSMM - John Beadles (ppt) 797k)
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
Building VHF/UHF Cavity Filters from copper pipe - Joe Jurecka N5PYK (ppt) 270k
Using standard PL-259 connectors with Andrew FSJ-1 Superflex - Bob Gormley WA5YWC (pdf) 550k
80 GHZ Feed - Jim Hudson WA5JAT (pdf) 420k
Hamcom Welcome to NTMS 2.8MB
VHF Contesting Survey - Stephen Hicks N5AC 700kB
Listening to the Japanese Lunar Prospectors Al Ward 4.5 Mb
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
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
A prescaler board for use with the CT1DMK Reflock (pdf) - Joe Jurecka N5PYK 178k
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
Antenna Aiming Issues for Rovers- Wes Atchison (ppt) 205k
Microcontrol of Microwave Stations (ppt) 1.9MB
Rover Challenges --Steven Hicks N5AC pdf 2304kUsing APRS as a roving tool (ppt) 807k
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
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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