TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to a Joint Conference

Joint Conference Announcement

History of Microwave Update

A Short Note From Your Eastern VHF/UHF Chairman

The Eastern VHF/UHF Conference Experience

Trivia Info

In Memoriam – Tom Kirby, W1EJ

The Tom Kirby Award

Biographies

GENERAL

Roving Observations & Comments from the Mid-Atlantic; Bill Seabreeze, W3IY/R

WSJT; Joe Taylor, W1JT

Quality DC Power – Cheap; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

In Praise of Powerpoles; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

An Audio Tone Indicator for Tuning or Antenna Measurements; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

So You Thought You New All About Crystals; Bob Aurand, K3VOT

So You Thought You New All About Crystal Oscillators; Chris Bartram, G4DGU

A Simple, Yet Still "Fool-Resistant": Sequencer for Transverters; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

Bias Tee for Remote Transverter Control; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

Directional Couplers Used for VSWR & Power Measurements; Dick Knadle, K2RIW

Will Your Antenna Stay Up Next Winter; Matt Reilly, KB1VC

K6LEW Receiver Test Procedures; Owen Wormser, K6LEW

Connecting the Transverter to the Antenna; Peter Loveridge, ZL1UKG

Andrew Cable and Connectors at Microwave Frequencies; Tom Whitted, WA8WZG

50-1296 MHz

US Six Meter Firsts; Emil Pocock, W3EP

WA2WEJ’s 10 Meter IF Mods for the Ten Tec 1208; Bill Hoenig, WA2WEJ

50 MHz Low Pass Filter Built in a Small Project Box; Bill Hoenig, WA2WEJ

Interface Circuits for the FT817; Dave Robinson, WW2R

Modifications to Improve the Noise Figure of the Ten Tec 1210; Maarten Broess, W1FIG

HT Marker Generator; Wes Atchison, WA5TKU

Software DSP Solutions for Weak Signal Communications; Roger Rehr, W3SZ

2 Meter Miniverter – A Tiny Transverter; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

A 222 Transverter for FT817; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

GI-7B 222 MHz PA; Dragoshaw Dobricic, YU1AW

G4DDK004 Oscillator Upgrades; Kevin Murphy, ZL1UJG

Globalstar 1.6 GHz PA Modifications for 1.3 GHz; W60YJ

New Receive Section Design for 1296 Transverters; Steve Kostro, N2CEI

The Very Small Array; Dr. Paul Shuch, N6TX

2304-5760 MHz

A State-of-the-Art 2.3 GHz Pre-amplifier; Grant Hodgson, G8UBN

The Dual Injection Converter; Sam Jewell, G4DDK

A 2.4 GHz PLL Synthesised Local Oscillator Source; Grant Hodgson, G8UBN

Modifying the Qualcom "Texas" Synth. For 2400 & 2592 MHz; Dave Robinson, WW2R

The Quest for Microwave Frequency Stability; Tom Williams, WA1MBA

Helical Feed Antennas; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

BiQuad 802.11b Antenna 11 dBi, ‘Wide Band’ Trevor Marshall

802.11b WLAN Waveguide Antennas; Trevor Marshall

Calculating and Correcting Radome Reflections; Dick Knadle, K2RIW

Mod. The Qualcomm 1W Ku-Band for use on 3.4, 5.7 or 10.3 GHz; K. Banke, N6IZW

Experience in the Const. Of a Portable Microwave EME System; Matt Reilly, KB1VC

10 GHz & UP . . .

Self Locking Screws for Microwave Adjustments; Andre Jamet, F9HX

Soldering ‘pipe cap’ Filters on a DEM 10 GHz, Xvtr Board; Bob Gormley, WA5YWC

Tutorial on Building the DB6NT 10 GHz Amplifier; Ken Schofield, W1RIL

Commercial Feedhorns for 10 GHz dishes; Paul Wade, W1GHZ

The Flyswatter Microwave Antenna; Doug GW3ATM

The 10 GHZ Beacon at W3LPL; Mike Cresap, W3IP

Qualcomm Power Supply Board Layout; Chuck Houghton, WB6IGP

The Qualcomm 2.X GHz to 10 to 12 GHz Multiplier; Chuck Houghton, WB6IGP

Two X4 Microwave Multipliers; Ken Schofield, W1RIL

The 24 GHz Amplifier Project Delivers; P. Drexler, W2PED & T. Whitted WA8WZG

Large Diameter Reflectors Antennas for 47 GHz; Barry Malowanchuk, VE4MA

An Example of Gear for the 241 GHz Amateur Band; Brian Justin, WA1ZMS/4

NOISE FIGURE MEASUREMENTS

2001 Eastern VHF/UHF Conference

SCVHFS Conference, 2002

ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS

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