{"id":77,"date":"2013-05-03T20:15:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T19:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?p=77"},"modified":"2013-05-28T12:03:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T11:03:22","slug":"new-mixer-for-the-8-4-ghz-downconverter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"New mixer for the 8.4 GHz downconverter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I continued updating the downconverter for X-band <a title=\"amateur-DSN\" href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/amateur-DSN\" target=\"_blank\">deep space probes<\/a>.\u00a0Having the local oscillator selected, today was the mixer selection. Up today I was using a RHG mixer purchased in 2006, but from the 2006 up today I purchased another units, but not tested up today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF0014.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78\" data-attachment-id=\"78\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?attachment_id=78\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF0014.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2832,2128\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix S602 ZOOM&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1367613362&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;7.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RF Mixer testing, test setup\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RF Mixer testing, test setup&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;RF Mixer testing, test setup&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF0014-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF0014-1024x769.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-78\" alt=\"RF Mixer testing, test setup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF0014-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF0014-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF0014-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/DSCF0014-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-78\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RF Mixer testing, test setup<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After test the 5 units, looks that I have a unit perfect for 8.4 GHz \ud83d\ude42 it is a Aertech 8500 this mixer look more of 4 dB better that the RHG mixer used up today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MIXERS.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" data-attachment-id=\"79\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/?attachment_id=79\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MIXERS.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"951,892\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RF Mixer comparation\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RF Mixer comparation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;RF Mixer comparation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MIXERS-300x281.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MIXERS.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-79\" alt=\"RF Mixer comparation\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MIXERS-300x281.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MIXERS-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MIXERS-624x585.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/MIXERS.jpg 951w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RF Mixer comparation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now only need check the low noise amplifier to see the performance and decide if I build a new one.\u00a0 I&#8217;m very anxious to receive space probes again!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I continued updating the downconverter for X-band deep space probes.\u00a0Having the local oscillator selected, today was the mixer selection. 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After test the 5 units, looks that I have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[8,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p31CYx-1f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eb3frn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}