Microwave Projects

After editing The International Microwave Handbook in early 2002 the RSGB contacted me to
ask if I could produce a book of weekend projects for the microwave enthusiast. I explained that
most microwave projects were much more that just weekend projects , so the title microwave
cookbook was discussed but it was thought that there may well have been many disappoihted
purchasers of such a title! Finally the title of Microwave Projects was chosen.
The microwave amateur radio bands still attract keen constructors who experiment with
different designs and technologies to achieve that moment of joy when a rare contact or contact
on a new band is made. The content of this book has been chosen to wet the appeti te of these
amateurs with designs from all around the world using everything from tried and tested designs,
through modification of second hand equipment, to new designs using state of the art
components.
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I have tried to organise the various articles in a logical sequence. This starts with generating
your signal with a transceiver or a synthesised transmitter, followed with a number of transverter
designs. Having produced rf on the required band there are some useful amplifier designs. Of
course you wi ll need some test equipment to help persuade your new equipment to work , if like
me you do not have rf "green fingers ". In true amateur style if all else fails you will need to resort
to the theory of how your equipment should be working , so there is a chapter with some design
aids.