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James Morris
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James Morris
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The results are in, with 18 votes. I kind of like bsky but not seeing a critical mass of people in my areas of interest.
If you answered other, please feel free to explain.
In honor of this landslide vote, here's a photo of my latest tinkering: making pipecap filters for an 11 GHz RF multiplier (using the W1GHZ board & design). I'll use brass M3 tuning screws once some arrive from McMaster-Carr, although I'd be interested to see if they are very different to stainless steel. And yes, I had to order them online after not finding any metric brass fasteners locally. Why not use SAE screws? Standard metric screws have much higher TPI, even more than fine-thread SAE. This will provide better mechanical stability & finer tuning, but then again, I'm not building a spaceship here, so 🤷
#hamradio #amateurradio #microwave #rf #nerds #fediverse
RE: https://social.kernel.org/objects/81c8273c-6a3f-43d9-bfc9-673541118280
If you answered other, please feel free to explain.
In honor of this landslide vote, here's a photo of my latest tinkering: making pipecap filters for an 11 GHz RF multiplier (using the W1GHZ board & design). I'll use brass M3 tuning screws once some arrive from McMaster-Carr, although I'd be interested to see if they are very different to stainless steel. And yes, I had to order them online after not finding any metric brass fasteners locally. Why not use SAE screws? Standard metric screws have much higher TPI, even more than fine-thread SAE. This will provide better mechanical stability & finer tuning, but then again, I'm not building a spaceship here, so 🤷
#hamradio #amateurradio #microwave #rf #nerds #fediverse
RE: https://social.kernel.org/objects/81c8273c-6a3f-43d9-bfc9-673541118280
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MrJoshua
JoshMurray@mastodon.social@jmorris I didn’t build my own 10GHz setup, my friend did, but it also has a W1GHZ pipecap filter 👍🏼
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