The 1.3GHz (23cm) Band


 Links

1.2GHz RSGB site
23cm antenna page -coming
Beacons- useful 23cm links

G1MFG Kit supplier

 

 

Introduction to 23cm

The CDARC had a recent club evening when we operated from the shack on 23cm ATV using 2m talk back. Anyway I am inspired to get onto this band now asap.

The 1.3GHz (23cm) amateur allocation spans ....

  •  From the RSGB site (link opposite):
The Microwave region of the spectrum strictly begins at 3GHz but amateurs traditionally refer to all the bands above 1GHz as microwave bands.  It is perhaps the most challenging and technically progressive area of amateur radio. With the exception of kits and modified ex-professional gear, there is very little commercially built amateur equipment for any of the microwave bands – apart from 1.3 and possibly 2.3GHz.  It is also an area of the spectrum that is under sustained pressure, where many different (and often conflicting) demands are made for frequency allocations by commercial, government, military, domestic and amateur users. Never has there been a more appropriate time to remind all amateurs of the need to “use it or lose it”!

Propagation Modes

Coming...

23cm Speach

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23cm Digital

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23cm ATV

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Antennas

coming

Equipment

A ready made set of kit is from G1MFG http://www.g1mfg.com/

Homebrew Equipment

23cm is an ideal band for homebrewed equipment and antennas....



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