[MAMS] PLL

Thu Jan 6 22:59:49 EST 2011

Hi Mike,

It was kind of an experiment to see if the attachment would go
through. I guess it didn't. It wasn't a huge file, only about 400k.

73, Zack

On 1/6/11, M Ragouzis <n0obi at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Zack
>
> I tried opening the attachment it was 1 kb and only opened a small page.
> I don't know if the problem is just my computer or not .
>
> Have a great new year.
> I have a question as to how many people in the group are close to St  Louis
>  ?
> would this be a good start , any suggestions for a central point ?
> We should have a breakfast or lunch ?
> Any thoughts on this
>
> Thanks to all .
> Mike n0obi
> St Louis
> 73
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
> To: Mid-America Microwave Society <mams at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 4:19:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [MAMS] PLL
>
> OK Wally, I'll look at my schedule and also the weather and see if
> Saturday or Sunday are possible. All the crops are out of the fields
> and the leaves off the trees now so we don't have those getting in the
> way.
>
> I have a couple MICROLO boards I made that I am mainly using the
> hairpin filters on, and a modified version to move the center of the
> hairpin filter frequency up to 1500 MHz. The KD6OZHPLL circuit or the
> modification of the oscillator circuit done by VE1ALQ seem to be the
> best circuits I've found for an accurate, stable, low phase noise LO
> but it's quite a bit of work to put them together. I got some of the
> MC145158 PLL chips from a ham friend but I've just about used up all
> of those. I did find some of the MC145158 in surface-mount form on
> eBay. That will help to shrink the board just a bit.
>
> I'm attaching the original article to see if it goes through. I
> haven't sent attachments to this group, yet.
>
> Zack W9SZ
>
>
> On 1/6/11, maryboller <w9obg at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I am ready to give it a try any time. Since I am home in my nice warm
>> shack
>> and
>> you would be out there in the cold, it would have to be your choice. Let
>> me
>> know. Got a nice reply from Jerry, K0CQ on the pll. My only interest in it
>> would
>> be to use it instead of the microloc in my 5760 now. That works good
>> enough
>> for
>> me but if the others woulkd be better its worth a try
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
>> To: Mid-America Microwave Society <mams at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 12:05:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: [MAMS] PLL
>>
>> Looks like a good deal you got!
>>
>> I might be able to go to the hill on Saturday or Sunday morning. It
>> would be a "warm-up exercise" for the January contest in a few weeks.
>> :-)
>>
>> If you want to give 3456 a try this weekend, let me know.
>>
>> I'm trying to get some version of a 24 GHztransverter going right now.
>>
>> 73, Zack
>>
>>
>> On 1/6/11, maryboller <w9obg at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> There is a guy in Hawaii that sells the Harris stuff. I bought a 1.5 watt
>>> amp
>>> from him, and wanted to buy another. He said he would sell me that one
>>> and
>>> the
>>> 750 mw job for 2304 as well, plus a whole lot of other stuff for 40 bucks
>>> which
>>> included the postage. This brick was in with the goodies he sent, along
>>> with
>>> that lna. I don't really have any use for it, but  its too good to toss.
>>> I
>>> got a
>>> ton of ut141 cables, some couplers, circulators, and splitters in the
>>> goodies
>>> portion. He emailed me last night wanting to send me another batch of sma
>>> cables
>>> for free. I told him I would see if I could find out of the brick it
>>> useful
>>> or
>>> not. No info on it whatsoever and Harris won't talk to anyone. I  would
>>> be
>>> glad
>>> to send it on to you to putter with if you are interested. None of us
>>> know
>>> how
>>> to make it work. I do have the 5760 rig that works quite well and we do
>>> need
>>> to
>>> work on 3456. I have built a 15 watt 2304 using Pauls pipe cap board and
>>> it
>>> works very well. I stuck that harrispre amp on in front of it and it
>>> seems
>>> to
>>> be a jewel. I have opened some of the harris stuff up and its beautifully
>>> made,
>>> nothing cheap about it. I got the 1.5 watt 2304 amp from him for 12
>>> bucks,m
>>> without the four inch square and foot long heat sink harris had it
>>> kmounted
>>> on
>>> 29.95 with the heat sink. I send return postage along with the brick by
>>> the
>>> way
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
>>> To: Mid-America Microwave Society <mams at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 11:45:18 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [MAMS] PLL
>>>
>>> Hi Wally,
>>>
>>> What do you plan on using it for? You have a 5760 transverter, don't
>>> you? I think I worked you on that band. (BTW we need to try for 3456
>>> again some time! Maybe this weekend?)
>>>
>>> For a 144 MHz IF, you'd want a 5616.0 MHz LO for low-side injection.
>>> For high side injection you'd probably want to use 5905.0 MHz and tune
>>> down from 145 MHz. My personal preference is low-side injection
>>> because I don't like tuning backwards. Looks like that MIGHT be a
>>> little low for its range with low-side injection. If the price is
>>> right I'd probably get one to experiment with but I don't think I
>>> personally would spend over $25 on one.
>>>
>>> Come to think of it, I may have a Frequency West brick for that range
>>> that I never used. I think I got it for $10 on eBay a few years ago. I
>>> was thinking of making it into a beacon at the time.
>>>
>>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/6/11, maryboller <w9obg at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>> I have a Harris microwave pll for 5.8 to7.2 GHz, and I know where there
>>>> are
>>>> several more like it at reasonable prices. I have absolutely no
>>>> information
>>>> whatsoever on how to hook it up or power it. There are five wires going
>>>> in.
>>>>
>>>> The model number is SD110009-106 S/n is 14 and the date code is 1196.
>>>> There
>>>> is a
>>>> website called Star Microwave that lists it. but I have not been able to
>>>> bring
>>>> up any info. I am also pretty sure that the contacts I had at Harris 20
>>>> years
>>>> ago are long gone. So, the questions are: Is it usable for ham
>>>> frequencies.
>>>> I
>>>> sent it to Randy, WB0JQQ and he is not sure if it can be retuned without
>>>> a
>>>> new
>>>> crystal. The frequencies listed on the outside that are adjustable are
>>>> 6326.540mhz and 105.44233 mhz. I also aquired an lna from the same
>>>> equipment
>>>> and
>>>> it really works good. It is so well built you could drive over it with a
>>>> car
>>>> and
>>>> not damage it at all.
>>>> Anybody : Recognize the PLL: have any  printed info on it: know where
>>>> info
>>>> can
>>>> be obtained:. I will ship it to anyone who might be interested in
>>>> reverse
>>>> engineering it
>>>> Wally Boller, W9OBG
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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