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Simple and Fun Antennas for Hams -- Lots and lots of real world, practical antennas you can BUILD YOURSELF!

Low Profile Amateur Radio -- Second edition. Now you can operate a ham radio station from almost anywhere! All the information you need to operate under restrictive situations and more.

International Antenna Collection Volume 2 -- A wealth of antennas covering 136 kHz to 2.4 GHz.

Antenna Compendium Volume 7 -- The seventh volume in ARRL's Antenna Compendium series includes even more proven, practical antenna designs from the world of Amateur Radio.

More Vertical Antenna Classics -- Includes a collection of articles on the art and science of the vertical antenna, as well as designs for a variety of operating preferences and bands.

UHF/Microwave Equipment and Components

ARRL Technical Information Service page · TIS Menu page

Additional information on this subject and related topics can be found in back issues of QST and the following:

The ARRL has an extensive catalog of books and materials related to Amateur Radio.

Articles

Note: Some of the following articles are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To view and print these files, you'll need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader program. (Version 3.0 or later required). More information here.

Simple Projects

  • A Simple 5 band CW Transceiver by Rick Campbell KK7B (415,411 Bytes, PDF file)
    Microwave Update, 1994, pp. 233-239
    For 2.3, 3.4, 5.7, 10.3, and 24.2 GHz. Uses a pair of no-tune LOs, a simple HF receiver, a harmonic generator, and a harmonic mixer to form a simple narrowband transmitter and receiver.

  • Just about as Cheap as you can get 10 GHz, by Kent Britain, WA5VJB (575,942 Bytes, PDF file)
    Microwave Update, 1996, pp. 123-127
    How to use a radar detector and Ramsey FR10 FM receiver to make a simple Gunn diode based WBFM system. QEX May/June 2002, pp. 42-51 QEX May/June 2002, pp. 26-35
    An “old-tech” receiver rot 4-15 MHz
  • Periscopes for Microwaves: 10 GHz without Feed-Line Loss (1,158,773 bytes, PDF file) Members Only
  • A Multimode Phasing Exciter For 1 to 500 MHz (1,205,616 bytes, PDF file)
    QST April 1993, pp. 27-31
    A simple transmitter that generates SSB, CW and more. (a mate to High-Performance, Single-Signal Direct-Conversion Receivers )

    More Complex Designs

  • A Single Board No-Tuning 23-cm (1296MHz) Transverter (1,301,863 Bytes, PDF File)
    ARRL UHF/Microwave Projects Manual, pp. 3-21 - 3-23
    PC board template (32,768 bytes, PDF file)

  • A No-Tune Transverter for 2304 MHz, by Jim Davey (447,094 Bytes, PDF File)
    ARRL UHF/Microwave Projects Manual, pp. 3-24 - 3-27
    The latest in the family of simple, high-performance microwave transverters. This version, like its 903, 1296, 3456, and 5760MHz cousins uses etched band-pass filters and monolithic amplifiers for simplicity and reliability.
  • A 2-W 13-cm Amplifier
    QEX May 1994, pp. 27-31
  • A 50-mW, 13-cm amplifier using the MAV-11/MSA-1104 MMIC
    QEX September 1993, pp. 23-25
  • How to Work 10-GHz DX, Part 1 (149,177 bytes, PDF file) Members Only
    QEX Jan/Feb 2002, pp. 58-60
    Location, Location, Location
  • How to Work 10-GHz DX, Part 2 (399,911 bytes, PDF file) Members Only
    QEX Mar/Apr 2002, pp. 55-69
    Hardware
  • Microwave Propagation in the Upper Troposphere (876,911 bytes, PDF file) Members Only
    QEX July/August, 2003
    Amateur microwave work need not be restricted to operation

    Note:

    Contact information for suppliers mentioned in the above articles should first be confirmed using TIS Address Database Search.

    Bibliography

  • Annie Get Your Gunnplexer! by ARRL Staff QST September 1993, pp 68-79
  • A Synplexer rig for 13 cm, by Ed Munn W6OYJ 1999 Microwave Update pp.117-126.
  • A Single Board No-tuning 902-MHz Transverter QST July 1991, pp. 25-29
  • Building a 6-cm Transverter QEX June 1996, pp. 23-29
  • Single Board Bilateral 5760 MHz Transverter QST October 1990, pp.27-31
  • 3456 MHz Transverter QEX September 1996, pp. 14-20
  • Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW Transverter - Part 1 QST May 1993, pp. 21-28
  • Home-Brewing a 10-GHz SSB/CW Transverter - Part 2 QST June 1993, pp. 29-31
  • A single Board Transverter for 10 GHz, by Paul Wade, W1GHZ and Steve Kostro, N2CEI 1999 Microwave Update Proceedings, pp. 260-275
  • A Reliable Frequency Multiplier, by Dale Clements, AF1T 25th Eastern States VHF/UHF Conference Proceedings (1999), pp. 361-366
  • 10 GHz Easyverter by Judson Snyder K2CBA 25th Eastern States VHF/UHF Conference Proceedings (1999)
  • 24 GHz Transverter MKIII by DB6NT DUBUS February 1998
    Note: PCBs, kits, and assembled units can be purchased from the author. SSBUSA sells assembled units. DUBUS reprints can be purchased from KB5UBE. Kyle Britain 1626 Vineyard Rd, Grand Prarie, TX 75052-1405

    Suppliers

    Directive Systems
    Manufacturer of VHF and microwave antennas and related products
    Directive Systems
    Down East Microwave
    Kuhne Electronic (DB6NT)
    SHF Microwave Parts
    SSB Electronic USA

    Web Links

    Bibliography (Members Only)

    ARRL Periodicals Index Search - This database contains the QST index from 1915 to the present and the QEX index from 1981 to the present. For QST issues from 1970 to the present, and some selected articles back to 1922 (when construction articles featuring tubes began in earnest), identifying keywords have been added to the technical articles. By entering keywords (ANTENNA) or combinations of keywords (CONSTRUCTION ANTENNA VERTICAL HF) into the Title words: field, you may create dynamic bibliographies.
    Technical article KEYWORD list. Hints for more successful searching

    Suggested keywords for more articles like the ones on this page are: MICROWAVE CONSTRUCTION UHF

    Article Reprints:

    You can get a photocopy of any ARRL published article for $3 ($5 for nonmembers) for each article requested. Contact the ARRL Technical Department (reprints@arrl.org ), 1-860-594-0390) if you wish to get photocopies.

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