[time-nuts] homebrew maser

John Miles jmiles at pop.net
Wed Sep 1 00:02:16 UTC 2010


>
> Microwave test gear and plumbing is very significantly harder to get at 24
> GHz than at 1.4 GHz.
>
> At a guess I've seen easily 100 times more stuff available at 1.4 GHz.

That is so far down the list of "101 Things That Are Hard About Building a
Hydrogen Maser" I'm not even sure it makes the top 101. :)

There is a ton of prior art in the Amateur Radio microwave community on 24
GHz microwave activity and construction.  At 1.420 GHz, not so much.

-- john, KE5FX




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