My "RF Corner"                                                  

VHF & UHF & UP SSB Operation:

2 mt:

• 2M: GaAsfet preamplifier
• 2 x 10 Elements Yagi

70cm:

• Homemade GaAsfet preamplifier (MGF1302) + separate second stage Line Amplifier with INA01386 MMIC .

13cm & AO-40 Downlink reception: 

• Homebrew 13cm/2mt converter ( a Zac Lau design) followed
  by a 144MHz GaAsfet preamplifier as described above.

          This is my RX equipment to receive band S downlink from Phase 3D (AO-40)

UHF & MW ATV operation:

Fixed RTX:

• Homemade 1,5W FM ATV TX  + PLL (IK8UIF design)

• 17 el. Yagi 1250MHz

RX ( 2 set):

• 17 el. Yagi 1250MHz 
• 23 el. Yagi 23cm F9FT
• Double quad 23cm
• Double quad 23cm  II° version
• 23cm GaAsfet preamplifier + Line amplifiers
• Two stage 23cm GaAsfet preamplifiers (MGF1302+MSA0886)

Portable operation RTX:

• TX: Homemade 20W  1242MHz FM ATV TX with FM audio carrier at 6.5MHz
• TX: Homemade  2W  2442MHz FM ATV TX
• TX: 10.475GHz LNB 50mW modified by IK8UIF Alberto
• TX: 10.425GHz GUNN 15mW (tnx IK8UIF Alberto)
• RX: Sat receivers + Preamplifiers with MGF1302 & other GaAsfet & PHEMT
• RTX: 40 cm Offset Dish 
• RTX: 60 cm Offset Dish 
• RTX: 90 cm Offset Dish 
• RTX: 120 cm Offset Dish 
• RX: Modified LNB 
• RTX: Homemade 23cm cavity & filters
• RTX: 23 el. Yagi 23cm F9FT
• RTX: 35 el. Yagi 23cm F9FT
• RTX: 55 el. Yagi 23cm F9FT
• RTX: Homemade 23cm cavity & filters
• Power: Inverter 600VA + battery + 2 x 54Watts Solar Panel
• Video: Generator with CXA1645P & PIC16F84
• Video: Hitachi VK-CG16E Portable Video Character Generator

13cm ATV:

TX:

• Homemade 1,5W  TX
• Comtech Demo Board TX 20mW
• Homemade 13 cm converter (IK8UIF design)     
• Modified S-band converter Precision PMJ-LNB S 0.7dB NF - Astrotel Communications Corporation
• Comtech Demo Board RX, TX 

Some other Homemade equipment:

• Homemade 23 cm  filter  
• AZ/EL rotor controller  (IZ0EDD, exIW8ZGI design)   

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