Links and Resources
Link to KK6MK 10 GHz logging spreadsheet
Video of N6RMJ to WB6CWN RainScatter FM QSO 8/9/22
SBMS December 2021 Holiday Meeting
KB5MU, KM6RXN,W5NYV, N6WL,KM6UKI, W6KVC, Sean O.
W6DL, KK6MXP, K6HLH, WB6HYH, KC6JPG, AF6EP, N5BF
WA6OXN, WA6JBD, WA6CGR, N6CA, WA6SVH
photo: Linda Johnston
"What Are We Doing?" Handout for Public Outreach while Operating
Flyer (placeholder until reference URL and ATN YouTube URL can be fixed)
Local Beacons as of January 2023
1296.30 DM14kf Heaps
1296.32 DM12mq Miguel
2304.32 DM14kf Heaps
2304.36 DM12mq
3446.36 DM12mq
5760.36 DM12mq Miguel
10368.30 DM03ts Palos Verdes
10368.31 DM04ms Frazier
10368.33 DM14kf Heaps
10368.36 DM12mq Miguel
E-mail with historical information about southern California beacons
W3SZ Aircraft Scatter
K0SM beta Rain Scatter
From 2022 January QST p. 56-57, Microwavelengths with W1GHZ
Society Overview
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The San Bernardino Microwave Society is one of the premier technical
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amateur radio technical groups in the ARRL Southwestern Division.
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"Dedicated to the advancement of communications above 1000 Mc/s" since
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1955, the Society provides a focal point for microwave experimentation
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and operation of amateur radio equipment by radio amateurs of all
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technical levels. The membership is active in the amateur microwave
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frequency bands including the 1.2, 2.4, 3,4, 5.7, 10, 24, 47, 76, 122
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GHz, and beyond. Activities include analog/digital narrowband weak
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signal contest or contest-style QSOs from mountaintop portable or roving
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or home stations, amateur satellite and earth-moon-earth operation,
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analog and digital amateur television, MESH networks, and reception of
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weather satellites or other weak signal sources such as beacons. All
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Society activities utilize state-of-the-art technologies ranging from
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home-brewed to ready-made hardware, or the adaptation of surplus
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equipment and modules. Members of the Society have broad amateur and
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professional experience, expertise, and resources in these and other
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technologies and the interactions and relationships facilitated by the
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Society are beneficial and enabling to all involved.
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Society activities include major participation in the ARRL "10 GHz and
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Up" competition held every August and September, sponsorship of the "2
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GHz and Up" competition held each spring, monthly home-to-home operating
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events, and an annual microwave gear "Tune-Up" workshop. The Society
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meets monthly (first Thursday at 7 p.m. local time) at the American
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Legion Hall in Corona, California, features a Zoom link for remote
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participation, and is carried live on the Amateur Television Network and
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YouTube with national and worldwide coverage respectively. Meetings
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also feature informal microwave and other electronic equipment swapping
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opportunities, both to specific construction needs and "general
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inventory."
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Currently, the Society is developing an 'open source' microwave beacon
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design intended to extend SBMS-associated beacon capabilities in
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southern California and to enable other technically oriented groups to
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promote microwave development, experimentation, and operation by
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providing locally accessible signals for users to test equipment under
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development and construction.
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Anyone who is interested in any of these areas is welcome and will
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benefit from association with the San Bernardino Microwave Society. See
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