[NLRS] If I wanted to be a beacon...

[Mike A. King - KM0T]

How would I build myself?

I want to build a 24.192 Ghz beacon / signal source.  Here is what I =
know and hope that some of you fine folks have some ideas.  Cause Im =
going to central states in a few weeks and perhaps parts may show up?

This would make a good beacon project as well as a weak signal source =
for testing, etc.  Perhaps just set up when doing 24 ghz with a 17 db =
horn, that way with that wide beamwidth, would make it easy to find at =
least one side to get pointing going.

Easy way...

Get a DB6NT MKU 24LO - it has a 24,192,900 output, +/- 100 KHZ.  good =
power out, 5mW.  It would drive one of those new 1 Watt amps really =
nice.  However, it too would seem to far away from 24,192.100 for any =
good use.  To much QSying around.

Fun way...

Find a LO and drive one of those 2x multipliers from ebay.  +7dbm =
output.  (only 39 bucks)

So, the question is where do I find an LO or build, etc.

DB6NT has a 12.024 Ghz LO, but its the same price as the MKU 24LO, so =
that makes no sense.

I would like to get an LO that was 12.096 Ghz so it was right at 24,192 =
Ghz with a 2x Mult.  Stability would be nice.

Can anyone point me in the right direction as far as options here?  I =
have heard that PLL would be good for freq stability.  But tend to be =
noisey?  Perhaps as a beacon, this is not an issue.

Might be a fun project and I would learn a ton as well.

Keying and all that buiz, will cover later once the LO issues are =
resolved.

Thanks!

73

Mike - KM0T

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