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Welcome, Tony Long (@mmwave) of ReactanceLabs.com!
- How can you get started with microwave RF? Tony wrote a post about that!
- Dave couldn’t make it today, he’s out geeking out about the Curiosity landing
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4iFAUz5DGg[/tube] - The different parts of the atmosphere absorb 1+ GHz at different levels.
- There is a broad range of 1+ GHz bands available to ham operators.
- Tony will be shown on the TWiT show HamNation, which was filmed at the “Tune Up Day”
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es75riu6Xnw&feature=g-all-u[/tube] - He is also part of the San Bernadino Microwave Society.
- Some of the chips on board are made by Hittite, TriQuint, MiniCircuits
- Wire bonding video:
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQP9J4iYYtA[/tube] - Tony posted a BUNCH of photos (links go to the Flickr galleries)
- Tony is about to start selling a kit of the frequency synthesizer kit! Next will be a multiplier, though likely not a kit.
Many thanks to Tony for being on the show this week! He was great! Check out his products and buy them! And get involved in the hobby!
Great show guys!
Hey guys great show really enjoyed it! Good to know that The Amp Hour has got a SoCal connection now.
I loved the show. I find around 5 GHz things start getting difficult. The highest I’ve worked on is 6GHz. This makes me want to try some mm stuff, except the part about wirebonding. QFN packages are nothing to solder. No package is something I’m not familiar with.
On those weak signal links the the middle sounds of an H could run together making it sound like his call ends in QRP which would be appropriate.