[Fourlanders] Microwave Gear Available

[Paul Yeager]

Greetings!

The Western Carolina Amateur Radio Society (the club of which I am *still* 
president, darn it!) has received a donation of some microwave gear.  I am 
likely the club's only microwave enthusiast, so much of it will probably be 
sold for the benefit of the club.  I thought I'd mention it to you guys 
first, in case any of you are interested.  Sorry if the details are sketchy 
- I unloaded the stuff last night in the dark and cold!  I will get further 
details if any of you are interested.

Here is some of what we received:

2 HP 495A Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers - approx 8 - 16 Gz at one 
watt.  The donor took good care of these...  powered them up and ran them 
loaded for a while every few months.  I think the drive for rated output is 
around 10 dBm.

1 HP 628 SHF Signal Generator.... drat.. I don't remember the tuning range, 
but some research might reveal it.  I'll get more info next time I visit 
our storage facility, which may be a while.

1 Wavetek 1801A Sweep/Marker Generator

1 (unlabeled, looks like HP) Bias supply for.... klystron?  magnetron? one 
of those other 'trons that does microwave stuff?

2 'brick' microwave sources... one was California Microwave, not sure about 
the other...

1 HP Microwave Power Meter (model number N/A right now) *with* bolometer 
head and cable!

1 WR90 waveguide switch.... three-port or four... don't recall.

14 waveguide sections.... some with 90 degree bend on one end.. 'almost' 
WR90... bronze, I think...  'almost' as a wartime demand made it easier to 
make from off-the shelf rectangular tubing that is close to WR90 
dimensions.  Donor says it's fine for 10 GHz.

4 2-foot Flexible WR90 waveguide sections.

1 Maury 2505 Slotted Line.

Many miscellaneous odds and ends.  The load filled half the bed of my truck!

Let me know if any of this interests you.  After a bit, I'll likely put 
most of it on eBay.

73,

Paul W4SKI