EXTREME ham radio SHF 10ghz microwave rover

Activity exists above 1.2ghz . This is a mobile rover, for contesting on bands up at 10 gigahertz.

 

very nice
73
iz5tep

 

Classy!

 

Excellent Microwave Effort..73 from Jim KE4NZG.

 

What would I use to operate up this high?

I've seen some SDR receivers that might go that high, and the DEMI transverters ($$$$), but haven't seen many other options.

When the 5/10ghz geostationary satellite goes I will hopefully be ready!

 

very gully

 

Correct me if I am wrong please, isn't the X-Band used by law enforcement for speed detection in the 10 gig range?

 

The IEEE defines the X-band as spanning 8-12 GHz. The allocation of that assigned to Amateur Radio Service is the segment 10-10.5 GHz. Police radars using the X-band are just above that at 10.525 GHz. Consumer automobile radar detectors have been converted to be used as receivers by amateurs (see Feb 1991 73 magazine).

The 10 GHz segment has long been a very popular amateur microwave band. The first geo-synchronous orbiting amateur satellite, hopefully soon to be launched, is being designed to use 10 GHz as the down link (5 GHz up link).

 

Es'hail-2 launch has been delayed again. From 3rd quarter 2017 to sometime in 2018.

https://www.eshailsat.qa/en/satellites/index/#tab-16

 

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Well you could build a GPS locked transverter.

Probably cost you 2 or even 3 hundred dollars.

My 5760 MHz 10watt 2db nf homebrew transverter cost less than $200, course I only have a quartz txco local osc....

Rege

 

Yes. It is also used for intrusion alerts, and door opening at places like supermarkets.

My 10ghz gunn oscillator wideband FM units started out opening doors before I tuned them to 10475mhz

I also modified them from 1/1000 watt to 1/100 watt transmitters.

Using home made horns and some 2' diameter light reflectors for antennas.

So far my best DX is 40 miles. Full scale s-meter, full quieting, full duplex voice.

Rege

 

Somewhere on the 'net I saw a page about a guy who took apart an old microwave and used it to build a microwave transceiver. I haven't the skills to probably do it, but I do have a microwave sitting on the floor of the garage.

 

Where do you find a plan for that? What was the input (28mhz?)?

I'm interested in a lot of stuff but reliant on kits for the more intriguing things