SCATTERPOINT - 2011
An Amateur Radio Publication for the Microwave Enthusiast

JANUARY
• Scatterpoint Subs & Distribution
• 28-47GHz Amplifier
• DXing on Lightwaves
• 2011 Contest Rules & Calendar
• New Squares Award
• New 87km Lightwave Record
FEBRUARY/MARCH
• Low Cost 14.4MHz TCXO
• 40Watt PA for 2.3GHz
• UKuG Online Contest Portal
• 24GHz - 579km FR-DL World Record
• 2.3GHz VK-ZL across the Tasman Sea
• Microwave Distance Records
APRIL
• Video Linked Azimuth Indicator
• Basic ADF4110 Lockbox
• More Lightwave records
• New German 76GHz record - 228km
• Beacon Upgrades
• Lowband Contest Results
MAY
• Don Hayter G3JHM SK
• 144MHz Source for Transverters!
• Look back at newsletters by Peter G3PHO
• Seigy 2011 Report
• Lightwaves challenge and new record
• First steps on 134 GHz
JUNE
• 10GHz power amplifier for beginners
• 15 element Yagi for 1090MHz ADS-B
• Mac software for radio
• Experimental YTO-based 10 GHz sweeper
• 134 GHz Transverter
• 24GHz EME Activity
JULY
• Silent Keys OZ8AFC, HB9QQ
• Powering a 28V Coaxial Relay from 12V
• 50MHz to 4GHz high dynamic range amplifier
• 1090MHz ADS-B Preamp with 1296MHz Notch Filter
• WR42/WG20 to WR28/WG22 transition for 24GHz
• RAL 2011 Information
AUGUST
• 30dB Power Attenuator
• 432MHz downconverter for the SDR-IQ
• RDDS Locking 3 x G8ACE Oscillators
• Optical (nanowaves) comms and definitions
• Finningley Round Table Weekend
• Surplus 3cm amplifier and filter
SEPTEMBER
• Using Horns on much lower Frequencies
• 30db Power Attenuator – a PS
• Leaky plumbing
• Microwave Power Meters & Accuracy
• Nanowave 46km 850nm contact
• Microwave Field Day 2011 Report
OCTOBER
• 78GHz and 122GHz in a single Transverter
• BXF Azimuth Rotator Controller
• UKuG at the RSGB Convention
• ARRL EME Contest
• Nanowaves Diary
• 135GHz, 243GHz and 324GHz in Australia
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER
• 5760MHz 7N2UO version of W2IMU horn
• 144–146MHz bandpass filter for the SPFAMP
• News from the “Big Dish” at Bochum
• How to be a Bad Morse Operator
• 1296MHz JT65 Experimental Beacon
• Scottish Microwave Roundtable