[Amps] Useful parts

[Mike]

There was an article in RF Design Magazine in the early 90's where
some guy turned a microwave oven into a 2.4 GHz ATV transmitter.
Don't recall the specifics, but I thought the idea was kind of novel.

Mike, W4EF...............

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Chadwick" <Peter.Chadwick@zarlink.com>
To: <g3jvc@jcleeve.idps.co.uk>; <amps@contesting.com>; <DF3KV@aol.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 6:15 AM
Subject: RE: [Amps] Useful parts


> Has anyone ever tried using the microwave oven with a pulse position
modulator
> (or even pulse width modulation) to make a high power 2.4GHz tx? Would
appear to
> be a cheap approach: of course, the power levels to an omni antenna might
give a
> few problems to WLANS and other non protected services in the band........
>
> Looks like it would certainly be legal in the UK (provided you kept the
PEP down
> to 400watts) and shouldn't be a problem in the US. You just need an old
hydrogen
> thyratron.....or a very high voltage SCR
>
> 73
>
> Peter G3RZP
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