N6GN's Microwave Link Page

N6GN's Microwave Link Page


This page contains information about the Multi-Megabit/sec Microwave Data Link which was first published in the December 1989 Ham Radio Magazine and later in the ARRL Handbook. It is now also published in the new ARRL Advanced Packet Handbook (I'm not sure of the official title of this, my complimentary copy has disappeared, I think it may be "Packet Speed" or "Speed, speed and more speed" or something like that). Here is a picture of the Antenna, Feed and RF assembly.

The information here is not intended as a replacement for those publications but only as a source of a few additional details.

The following may also be of interest:
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 93 16:30:44 CDT
From: bob@lachman.com (Bob Van Valzah)
Subject: 2 MBPS 10 GHz Link Boards Available

Receiver boards are now (at last!) available for the n6gn desinged,
2 MBPS, 10 GHz microwave link as described in the ARRL Handbook and
other places.  You'll still need to make the 1st IF board yourself,
but trust me, that's easy.  I didn't believe Glenn at first, just
follow the procedure in the article and it works!

The receiver board is 4-3/4 x 5-3/4", double sided, and drilled, *but
not plated through* (hence you'll have to solder top and bottom leads
in some cases).  This shouldn't be a big problem because there are no
signal traces on the component side--it's all ground plane.

Folks who helped make these boards available (though they may not all
want to admit it :-) are Glenn Elmore n6gn (of course), John Conner
wd0fhg, Ron Atkinson n8fow, Fred Reimers kf9gx, Bdale Garbee n3eua,
and Jon Bloom ke3z.

They're available from:

	Fred A. Reimers kf9gx
	FAR Circuits
	18N640 Field Ct.
	Dundee, IL  60118-9269

for $15.  Fred just shipped 8 to me for $5 postage, but I'm not sure
what the rate would be for smaller quantities.

73, Bob, ke9yq