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CHEAP AND SIMPLE MMIC LNA  AT MICROWAVE UPDATE 2013, KENT BRITAIN, WA5VJB,
WAS SHOWING A MMIC LNA BOARD THAT HE AND SAM JEWELL, G4DDK, HAD DESIGNED.
THE LNA USES A MINICIRCUITS PGA 103 MMIC, A DEVICE THAT SELLS FOR 1R99 AND
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CAN EASILY BE SOLDERED BY HAND.  I HAD SOME AMPLIFIER PC BOARDS ON HAND FOR
DEVICES IN THE SAME SOT 89 PACKAGE, SO I TRIED A COUPLE TO SEE IF ORDINARY
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