Updated 26 January, 2004 |
G3PHO - brilliant site for anyone interested in 1000MHz + | http://www.g3pho.free-online.co.uk/microwaves/ |
G4DDK - Sam's microwave site | http://www.btinternet.com/~jewell/ |
G4KNZ - an up to date list of Amateurs interested in Microwaves | http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/7012/emails.htm |
G8ACE - 76 GHz and stable LO sources for microwave | http://www.microwaves.mcmail.com/index.htm |
W1GHZ | http://www.w1ghz.org/ |
VK5KK - Well anyone would go portable in that weather! | http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tecknolt/ |
Mitsubishi Gasfet data sheets | http://www.mitsubishichips.com/data/datasheets/hf-optic/highpower_GaAs.htm |
K2AH - home of some serious 1296 and 10 GHz metalwork! | http://www.k2ah.com/ |
WA1MBA - Tom's microwave site | http://www.wa1mba.org/ |
VE7DLH - Ken's site with loads of links | http://www.rac.ca/micrwave.htm |
Site which calculates the sun's az and el at any stated location at intervals through the day. Great for microwave dish alignment. | http://aa.usno.navy.mil/AA/data/docs/AltAz.html |
UK mapping site which uses OS Landranger maps (you know, the pink ones) for the 25,000 and 50,000 zooms. Great for site spotting! | www.multimap.com |
Even better UK mapping site which gives you the 12-digit OS reference from the cursor position and Lat and Long to WGS84 datum. | http://www.streetmap.co.uk |
Ever wondered about the night sky and what you are seeing? Or do you just want to see the ISS...then this is the site to go to. | http://www.heavens-above.com/ |
Radio Caroline - Definitely for the over 40s, not some much useful as nostalgic! | http://www.radiocaroline.co.uk/ |
Satmaster software, does link budget preparation, sun outage prediction and satellite antenna aiming for geo-satellites. Free demo available. Well worth a visit. | http://www.arrowe.co.uk/ |
3 websites aimed at the professional RF engineer but full of useful data | http://rfcafe.com |
http://www.sss-mag.com | |
http://www.rfglobalnet.com | |
Buckmasters call list - I know everyone has it listed but it is useful! | http://www.buck.com/cgi-bin/do_hamcall |
William Hepburn's tropo ducting forecasting site. A live on line forecast for where ducts may occur on VHF and UHF - interesting , but does it work? | http://web.tiscalinet.it/ik8uif/ |
Power to microwave to db chart - most useful | http://www.ipass.net/~teara/dbm.html |
ePanorama - links to a host of electronics related sites | http://www.epanorama.net/ |
DIY electronics - yet another general electronics links page | http://kitsrus.com/back.html |
List of interesting mods to various rigs | http://www.phreak.org/radio/mods/ |
G6VLB's site with AO40 info etc... | http://www.g6lvb.com/index.htm |
I've just got an FT817 as a microwave IF - so here are a few pages of interest to 817 owners | http://www.k6xx.com/ft817/ft817.html |
Excellent, very detailed radio path mapping software, well worth getting to know. | http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html |
G8DJU's site with lots of mapping/path plotting software | http://uhars.herts.ac.uk/~g8dju/pathplot/ |
Very comprehensive ham radio software site with antennae and propagation sections. | http://www.ac6v.com/pageap.html |
David Taylor's site with good weather satellite and audio tools | http://www.david-taylor.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/software/index.html |
Interesting stuff including CLI program for the PC and satellite tracking program with auto Kelperian updates from the internet. | http://members.fortunecity.com/net23uk/scottsoft.html |
Bob Frith's site for Polar plot - excellent s/w for getting the polar plot of your beams. | http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/avenue/aci07/polarplot/index.shtml |
Gartrip - designed as GPS software but useful for accurate datum changes - Lat and Long to NGR etc | http://www.gartrip.de/ |
G4ICD | http://web.libertysurf.co.uk/geoff.brown/ |
G7KPF | http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/kama/hamlinks.htm |
G4NJH | http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/ |
UHF listing by WZ1V | http://uhavax.hartford.edu/disk$userdata/faculty/newsvhf/www/vhf-www.html |
ON6DV - Enormous amateur radio and electronics links list | http://user.online.be/~odb000909/ |
German Ham radio gateway | http://www.thiecom.de/service/fs_menu.html |
UK frequency band allocations - pages and pages of info, DC to light! | http://www.cpe.surrey.ac.uk/support/spectrum.htm |
More detailed UK list | http://members.dencity.com/vipernet/hacking/scanlist.txt |
World wide Satellite transponder charts | http://www.lyngsat.com/ |
European Beacon list from G3PHO | http://www.g3pho.free-online.co.uk/microwaves/eubcon.htm |
UK microwave video link charts | JFMG web site |
John Silver's site with loads of practical information on weather satellites etc | http://www.odyseus.clara.co.uk/index.htm |
Very good site for links on Amateur and weather satellites | http://users.skynet.be/on1cau/ |
Marius Rensen's site with HF Fax and WX sat info and links | http://hffax.de/ |
Paul Hayes' wx sat with full details on the QFH aerial | http://www.hayes06.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm |
Even basic components are becoming hard to get hold. The suppliers listed here may be able to help.
BAREND HENDRIKSEN ELECTRONICS - RF & special components including an 800MHz spectrum analyser kit. | http://www.xs4all.nl/~barendh |
Diverse components - Southampton. Stock range includes electronic components new, old and hard to find test equipment etc | http://homepages.tcp.co.uk/~diverse/ |
Cooke international - Test equipment supplier | http://www.cooke-int.com/stock.htm |
Harrison Electronics - general component stockists | http://www.heweb.co.uk |
RSGB microwave component service - Useful stuff like 10GHz multipliers etc | http://www.g3wdg.free-online.co.uk/ |
1 watt 13 cms Amplifiers | http://www.crosswinds.net/~atv13cms |
DL2AM - some interesting power amps etc | http://www.dl2am.de/ |
Down East Microwave - seems to be the place in the USA for microwave bits | http://downeastmicrowave.com/ |
DB6NT - Kuhne microwave | http://www.db6nt.com/ |
GH Engineering - Grant's company who make big PAs for 23cm without the need for 1,000 volt PSUs! | http://www.ghengineering.co.uk/ |
G1MFG - No list is complete without Giles - 23 and 13cm tx and rx modules! | http://www.g1MFG.com |
Wyzcom -ATV supplier in Northern Ireland | www.wyzcom.com/retail/amateurtv/ |
PE1CMO - 10 GHz multipliers etc | http:/home.planet.nl/~pe1cmo |
Blackboxcamera - PIC based video character generator, as reviewed in CQTV 192. Interesting site with various "projects" | |
GH Engineering - Grant's company who make big PAs for 23cm without the need for 1,000 volt PSUs! | http://www.ghengineering.co.uk/ |
RSE Electronics in Belgium | http://www.rse-electronics.com/rse_index.htm |
Yahoo | http://www.yahoo.co.uk |
Alta Vista - the best | http://www.altavista.com |
A list of active 10 GHz ATV stations with web sites. If you are not listed, email me.
Call sign/comments | Web site | |
G1HIA - Phil, Bristol area | http://www.qsl.net./g1hia/ | |
PE1RJU | http://home.wxs.nl/~pe1rju/ | |
G7JTT - John, Southampton, UK | http://www.jmkl.freeserve.co.uk/ | |
G0WJR | http://www.qsl.net/g0wjr/ | |
PA3GCO - details on high power Blue Cap LNB transmitters. | http://www.qsl.net/pa3gco/ | |
PE1CEO | [email protected] | |
PE1PSJ - Arne | [email protected] | |
PE1DCD - contact via PE1PSJ | ||
G4NJJ - Peter, Kings Lynn. Site updated with really good section on "how to get going on 10GHz ATV". | http://www.qsl.net/g4njj | |
The record we will be attempting to beat in 2001 - but how? | http://www.cmo.ch/swissatv/news081.htm | |
Alberto - IK8UIF. Beware the annoying music! | http://web.tiscalinet.it/ik8uif/ | |
VK3TMS and VK3JDG - Melbourne Australia | http://www.geocities.com/vk3rtv/pix10ghz.html | |
G3RFL - John, Clevedon | www.g3rfl.ukhome.net |
UK |
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G1LWX - Mike, Ashton in Makerfield | http://www.amateurtv.freeserve.co.uk/ |
G8LES - Four Marks, UK with the UKRS ATV page | http://www.ukrs.org/sigs/fstv.htm |
G3KTU - Tony, Bournemouth, UK | http://www.g3ktu.freeserve.co.uk |
G8XEU - Robin, including PC-ATV shareware testcards | http://www.arcadeshop.demon.co.uk/atv/ |
Europe |
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S51KQ - Site full of ideas, links and h/w + s/w modules for ATV repeaters etc | http://lea.hamradio.si/~s51kq/ATVS.HTM |
ON9CJX - Full details of amateur Teletext generator | http://users.pandora.be/on9cjx/ |
PE1ORZ - in Dutch | http://home.planet.nl/~pe1orz/ |
OH3TR | http://oh3tr.ele.tut.fi/english/atvindex.html |
IK1HGI - Aerials for 1.3 and 2.4 GHz | http://www.qsl.net/ik1hgi/atv2.htm |
F1LXL - in French | http://perso.club-internet.fr/houssinj/ |
ON9CJX - simple 3 chip teletext genrator | http://users.pandora.be/on9cjx/ |
ON6DV | http://user.online.be/~odb000909/ |
New Zealand |
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ZL1VFO - Good site with technical articles on Nicam and Teletext | |
Switzerland |
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HB9AFO - good site with up to date articles | http://www.von-info.ch/hb9afo/ |
List of Dutch ATV amateurs | http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/PI6ATV/atv_nederland.htm |
List of ATV stations outside Holland | http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/PI6ATV/atv_buitenland.htm |
List of Swiss/French ATV stations | http://www.cmo.ch/swissatv/email.htm |
UK |
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Severnside repeater group | http://www.qsl.net/stg/ |
GB3EN - North London | http://members.tripod.co.uk/~nltg/ |
GB3YT - Yorkshire | http://www.gb3yt.org.uk/ |
GB3HV - Tom Brady's site with info about UK ATV repeaters | http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~tomgrady/hamatv.htm |
GB3TB - Torbay | http://www.tars.org.uk/gb3tb |
Worthing repeater group | http://www.videorepeater.co.uk/ |
SCART repeater group in Southampton | http://www.qsl.net/scart |
Kent TV repeater group | http://www.the-linfords.demon.co.uk/ktg/ |
Holland |
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PI6ATV | http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/PI6ATV/ |
PI6ALK - Dutch repeater with o/p on Eutelsat | http://www.pi6alk.nl |
USA |
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WB7FID - UTAH. One of the best repeater sites I've found to date. Loads of info and technical articles including "how to guess a P grade!" | http://www.ussc.com/~uarc/utah_atv/utah_atv.html |
N2SMT - New Jersey. Interesting site (www and aerials at 350 feet!) | http://www.njin.net/~magliaco/atv.html |
KC6CCC - Santiago. | http://www.qsl.net/kc6ccc/ |
W6YX - Palo Alto, California. 2.4GHz output and what a site! | http://w6yx.stanford.edu/~stevem/atv/index.html |
France |
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F1ZEN - Pen Ar Bed country, Brittany. Some technical articles and circuits. | http://www.multimania.com/f1zen/ |
New Zealand |
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Auckland TV repeater group - Very interesting pages | |
Australia |
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VK3RTV - Melbourne Australia | http://www.geocities.com/vk3rtv/index.html |
Most include call sign and frequency etc
Excel spreadsheet listing all UK repeaters, including new proposals, showing frequency and location etc. Also calculates bearing and distance from any QRA which you enter. | http://www.batc.org.uk/contest_information_files.htm |
List of all Dutch repeaters including TV | http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/PI6ATV/atv_buitenland.htm |
List of German ATV repeaters | http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/PI6ATV/duitse_repeater.htm |
List of Belgian TV repeaters | http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/PI6ATV/belgie_repeater.htm |
UK repeater management committee (RMC) site with lists of all UK repeaters. | http://www.coldal.org.uk/rmc.htm |
List of all Eire repeaters including ATV | http://www.irts.ie/repeater.htm |
Links to most lists for most European countries - I have not checked them all for ATV! | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanvu/benelux.html |
List of French ATV repeaters | http://www.ref.tm.fr/cnrr/reltva.html |
AGAF - German ATV society | http://www.darc.de/distrikte/g/t-agaf/ |
British Amateur TV club | http://www.batc.org.uk |
Swiss ATV society | http://www.cmo.ch/swissatv/index.html |
Rheinland ATV group | http://www.rhein-land.com/atv/index.htm |
Irish ATV society | http://homepage.eircom.net/~iatc/ |
USA ATV society | http://www.qsl.net/atna |
Other lists like this!
USA ATV site with world repeater list etc. | |
German ATV link list | http://www.rhein-land.com/atv/other.htm |
DARC link list - ATV plus radio and electronics | http://www.darc.de/distrikte/g/links/technik.htm |
The DX zone ATV listing - good search engine listing for ATV | http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Reference/Amateur_Television/ |
A selection of TV related home build projects I've found on the web.
Video projects |
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PIC cross hatch generator by Dave Woodhouse | http://www.twobit.freeserve.co.uk/pictv.htm |
BATC CQ-TV site with various PIC projects including PIC DREAMS and the basic repeater controller by G6WJJ. (Note: there is now a version of the 2 chip repeater controller available with on board audio oscillator - contact me for details) | http://www.cq-tv.com/software.htm |
Misc projects including sync detector and base band processing | http://www.rhein-land.com/atv/misc.htm |
Daniel Jones PIC based character generator and clock | http://www.ozemail.com.au/~dljones/vcg.htm |
1.3 GHz projects |
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List of articles found by G1MFG including plate aerials | http://www.g1mfg.com/website/Datastuff/borrowed/borrowed.html |
2.3 GHz projects |
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Easy build helical aerial for 2.4 GHz | http://home.iprimus.com.au/jhecker/ |
OH2AUE "S band " page with useful 1.2 and 2.3GHz projects | http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/oh2aue/s_test.htm |
QFH aerial for 2.3 GHz | http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/oh2aue/qbfhelix.gif |
WK8L pages with 2.3 GHz coffee tin aerials | http://www.qsl.net/wk8l/index.html |
IK8UIF - 2.3 GHz, PLLs, downconvertors and transmitters | http://web.tiscalinet.it/ik8uif/projects.htm |
10 GHz projects |
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PA3GCO - details on high power Blue Cap LNB transmitters. | http://www.qsl.net/pa3gco/ |
IK8UIF - Cambridge LNB 60 mw tx , a single transistor 100 mwatt and a 2 transistor 1 watt amp design | http://web.tiscalinet.it/ik8uif/projects.htm |
A collection of links to other 10 GHz project pages | http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/5140/10gig.html |
Miscellaneous |
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A site with loads of data sheets and RF projects for VHF transmitters including an RDS encoder?! | http://freud.et.tudelft.nl/~pulsarfm/nojava.htm |
Things you can do with your PC sound card | http://www.muenster.de/~welp/sb.htm#voice |
An interesting video related site | http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/System/5140/ |
NASA TV | http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/ |
The USA have woken to using 2.4 GHz video senders for ATV! | http://www.ipass.net/~teara/atv4.html |
Good site explaining the basics of MPEG-2 and DVB digital video compression, modulation and transmission. | http://www.coolstf.com/mpeg/index.html |
G3ZDM's site explaining MPEG2 and DVB | http://www.hf-fak.uib.no/Institutter/smi/ksv/digfaq.html |
Melbourne repeater technical pages with P grade picture guide, dBm to watts conversion chart and camera pinouts | http://www.geocities.com/vk3rtv/atvfreq.html |
HB9AFO site listing portable ATV activity | http://www.von-info.ch/hb9afo/portable.htm |
See below for general microwave suppliers
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