Frequency Spectrum ,

Antennas, and Amateur

Radio

Troy Rank
 Frequency spectrum
Focus On:
HF High Frequency
VHF Very High Frequency
UHF Ultra High Frequency
Lower Microwave Frequencies
 HF
Frequency Range
3-30MHz
Who Uses HF?
Military
Marine
Aeronautical
Radio Amateurs
World Band Radio
 HF - Modes
Analog Modes
AM, USB, LSB, CW
Digital Modes
SSTV (slow scan tv)
Amtor / Pactor
RTTY
PSK31
WeFax
BPL?
 VHF/ UHF
VHF 30-300 MHz
UHF 300MHz - 3 GHZ

Short Range

No Ionospheric propagation

Who uses VHF/UHF

Who Doesnt?
 VHF/UHF Applications
FM broadcast Radio
Broadcast TV

Local Radio Communication

Police
Commercial
Cell Phones
Satellite Communications

802.11b/g
 UHF/VHF modes
FM, USB, LSB, AM (on lower freqs)
Digital modes

Packet Radio
Digital Voice
IRLP
APRS
 UHF/VHF Repeaters
Retransmit signals
Longer usable range
Receive on one Frequency
Transmit on a separate Frequency
Intermodulation
Duplexers
Duplexers
 IRLP
Internet Radio Linking Project
Connects Repeaters
Uses Internet For connection
Amateur Satellite
VHF for transmit
UHF for receive

Types

Repeaters
Digipeaters
Other data
 Beyond UHF
3-300GHZ (Microwave region)
Large Bandwidth

Highly subject to line of sight

Very low power

Health hazard
Highly directional signals used
 Applications 3-300GHZ
Wireless Data Links
Broadband Internet links

Large bandwidth
Radar
Wireless USB
 Amateur Microwave
Contesting
 What is Amateur Radio
Hobby
Provide Emergency Communication

Much more resilient than convention

telephone lines / cell phones
Experiment with new forms of RF
communication
 How to Become a Ham
Three License Classes
Technician
General
Extra
Take a Written Multiple Choice Test
 Dipole Antenna
2.4 DB gain for wave
, , 5/8, wave versions
 Other Types Of Antennas
Loop
Yagi

Cubical Quad

Ground Plane

Aperature

Crossed Yagi

Helix
Yagi
 Aperature
Commonly used for microwave freqs
 Ground Plane
Omni directional
Crossed Yagi and Helix