SCATTERPOINT - 2009
An Amateur Radio Publication for the Microwave Enthusiast

JANUARY
• 3cm reception using satellite LNBs
• 2008 Contest Results
• Food for Thought
• 2009 Contest Rules & Calendar
• Alan Walmsley G2HIO Silent key
• Ofcom microwave beacon update info
FEBRUARY
• 1296 VSWR / Power Indicator from junk
• Eyal Gal 21.2-23.6GHz Transceiver
• Microscope with camera for under £40
• Farewell to Bill James G6XM
• New venue for Yorkshire roundtable
• 3.4GHz Lowband Contest Results
MARCH
• 23/13cm Dish Project
• Output indicator for DB6NT transverters
• Spurs and How to Avoid them
• Offset Fed Dish Tilt Angles
• Sun Noise Measurements–
• Microwaves and the Younger Generation
APRIL
• Eve! Amateurs bounce signal off Venus
• Enclosure Painting
• 10MHz distribution systems
• GB3MLE beacons now Silent Keys
• “FIRSTS” - contacts between OK and UK
• Ofcom NoV changes
MAY
• 133.6km on 76GHz
• Sun noise measurements
• Chuck Houghton, WB6IGP Silent Key
• RAL Roundtable Report
• West Coast Microwave Event
• Seigy 2009 Report
JUNE
• MMIC oscillator Experiments
• Transfer Relay Switcher
• Remotely controlled Variable Attenuator
• Olympic use of Amateur Frequencies
• WSPR Beacon Design Software
• Wideband FM lives on
JULY / AUGUST
• Bridgewave Synthesisers - by G4JNT
• South Yorkshire Microwaves Report
• 32GHz down converter for DSN – M0EYT
• 10GHz slotted waveguide antenna tests
• SKs: Ken Willis G8VR, John Tye G4BYV
• 3.4GHz EME - G3LTF, G4NNS & G0API
SEPTEMBER
• The World above 600GHz
• New 24GHz “Firsts”
• The Wimo SHF-2344 yagi antenna
• Useful Alcatel ‘Test’ Module
• The BBQ Summer of 2009
• A Tribute to Ken Willis G8VR
OCTOBER
• Modifying the DB12NT for 10.224GHz
• Adding FSK to the DDK2001 source
• Alcatel 10GHz Synthesiser
• New Slovak Laser DX record
• Martlesham RT Programme
• Beaconspot extended to cover VHF/UHF
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER
• Control for the VertiCom MTS1500
• A new EME compass rose for W3HMS
• Microwave anniversaries
• 2009 Cumulative Contest Results
• Portable & Rovers on 24 and 47GHz
• Martlesham Noise tests