Slotted waveguide

[Alastair D'Silva]

Oooh, us please, MonashHub would benefit from one (we're currently
running a discone at it).

Theres the beginnings of a website for Canberra Freenet at
http://canberra.freenet.in-a.us


> -----Original Message-----
> From: wireless-admin at lists.samba.org 
> [mailto:wireless-admin at lists.samba.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Williams
> Sent: Sunday, 22 December 2002 2:47 PM
> To: wireless at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Slotted waveguide
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> Thanks to those who provided advice on the best way to cut 
> slots for a waveguide.
> 
> In the end, I bought a trimmer (small router) - it cuts the 
> 3mm aluminium well.
> 
> I have built my first slotted waveguide, and I am evaluating 
> its performance.  The first waveguide took about four hours 
> to build, but a lot of this time was me working out the best 
> way to do things.  Some time also went into sorting out a jig 
> for cutting holes.  Now that I have learnt some lessons, I 
> could probably knock out four 16+16's in a day without too 
> much trouble.
> 
> If anyone has access to good elevated sites in Canberra, I'd 
> be glad to donate waveguides to hub projects.
> 
> 
> Lyle Williams
> VK1XLW
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