Having a closer look at a 10 Watt SMA DC-6GHz 50 Ohm load from Aliexpress

A part of my shack is a 50 Ohm dummyload from Aliexpress which can be ordered from this shop. Aliexpress Dummyload This is how the Dummyload...

Analysis of the Aliexpress FBP-144 BPF for the 2m band

This filter can be bought from this store. The measurement was done using a calibrated LiteVNA-64. FBP-144 measurement setup Analysis resul...

Splitable 12-El. 23cm Yagi from the eBay store 'wlan-antenne'

A few weeks ago I bought a detachable 14 element 23cm Yagi antenna from the E-Bay store ‘wlan_antenne’. The great thing is: you can split the antenna in the...

LiteVNA sweep of the 2-El. 23cm Yagi from SG-Labs

I bought a 23cm transverter from SG-Lab and Hristiyan (LZ5HP) added a small PCB antenna. 2-Element Yagi from LZ5HP Time for a LiteVNA sweep!...

Listening to 10GHz Rain Scatter in Esslingen using a LNB

Today I was able to receive multiple 10GHz beacons via Rain Scatter thanks to a small thunderstorm crossing my hometown. As I’m living in a deep valley this...