There is still no commercially-available equipment for the 902 MHz amateur
band that I am aware of.

Using commercially-available equipment is cheating anyway. What does it
take to modify PCS cellular phone firmware for digital communication on
902? Is it just a matter of firmware or isn't the RF section able to tune
that far out of band?

Think of it this way. When you have an FM broadcast antenna and transmitter, it
makes quite a difference when switching within the same band from 88 Mhz to 100
Mhz. (only 12 Mhz)

Now you want to take something from around 850 Mhz to 902 Mhz (52 Mhz
difference)

Plus the higher up you go, the more critical the circuitry. Even in the 440
band you are already dealing with microsurgery when using the miniature surface
mount components.

Besides, working with microwaves is never a good idea. Might as well just take
up smoking cigarettes instead.

I would play with mercury and use lead paint in my home no problem, but I would
not ever build a transmitter and use microwave frequencies.

"Truth" wrote in message ...
There is still no commercially-available equipment for the 902 MHz
amateur
band that I am aware of.

Using commercially-available equipment is cheating anyway. What does it
take to modify PCS cellular phone firmware for digital communication on
902? Is it just a matter of firmware or isn't the RF section able to
tune
that far out of band?

Think of it this way. When you have an FM broadcast antenna and
transmitter, it
makes quite a difference when switching within the same band from 88 Mhz
to 100
Mhz. (only 12 Mhz)

Now you want to take something from around 850 Mhz to 902 Mhz (52 Mhz
difference)

yes but 88 to 100 = 12 percent of final freq

850 to 902 is only 5.765 per cent



Plus the higher up you go, the more critical the circuitry. Even in
the 440
band you are already dealing with microsurgery when using the miniature
surface
mount components.

Besides, working with microwaves is never a good idea. Might as well
just take
up smoking cigarettes instead.

I would play with mercury and use lead paint in my home no problem, but I
would
not ever build a transmitter and use microwave frequencies.

"Truth" wrote in message ...
There is still no commercially-available equipment for the 902 MHz
amateur
band that I am aware of.

Using commercially-available equipment is cheating anyway. What does it
take to modify PCS cellular phone firmware for digital communication on
902? Is it just a matter of firmware or isn't the RF section able to
tune
that far out of band?

Think of it this way. When you have an FM broadcast antenna and
transmitter, it
makes quite a difference when switching within the same band from 88 Mhz
to 100
Mhz. (only 12 Mhz)

Now you want to take something from around 850 Mhz to 902 Mhz (52 Mhz
difference)

Plus the higher up you go, the more critical the circuitry. Even in
the 440
band you are already dealing with microsurgery when using the miniature
surface
mount components.

pretty might the same for all hand held electronics these days


Besides, working with microwaves is never a good idea.

everyone has to have a hobby... 900 MHz are NOT microwaves (we call it
microwave in brroadcast, but it is a slang term for high UHF)

Might as well just take
up smoking cigarettes instead.

I would play with mercury and use lead paint in my home no problem, but I
would
not ever build a transmitter and use microwave frequencies.


gunplexers are friendly... bi-directional line-of-sight audio

900 MHz are NOT microwaves

Interesting. Especially since the older microwave ovens operated on 800 and
900 Mhz.

Why are people who are uneducated in certain subjects always the first to jump
in on a conversation and tell everyone else how they think things really are?

Truth wrote:

900 MHz are NOT microwaves


Interesting. Especially since the older microwave ovens operated on 800 and
900 Mhz.

Why are people who are uneducated in certain subjects always the first to jump
in on a conversation and tell everyone else how they think things really are?



Because they want to appear educated.

"Truth" wrote in message ...
900 MHz are NOT microwaves

Interesting. Especially since the older microwave ovens operated on 800
and
900 Mhz.

Why are people who are uneducated in certain subjects always the first to
jump
in on a conversation and tell everyone else how they think things really
are?


ref http://www.naval.com/radio-bands.htm


ref
http://chemindustry.intota.com/multi...ve%20frequency

ref http://www.k5rmg.org/A-soup.html

in most definitions microwaves start at 1GHz or 30CM

what frequencies "microwave ovens" use is irrelevant as marketers can pretty
much name anything what they want.

Is AM Radio Harmful? Only if you listen to it.

Sir Circumference wrote:
Is AM Radio Harmful? Only if you listen to it.

Oh, yeah? Try dropping a Satellite 800 on your foot.

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I'll be sure to mention that to Bob Dole when I see him." -- Jay Leno

Interesting. Especially since the older microwave ovens operated on 800
and
900 Mhz.


I think the confusion here comes from certain articles.

while 900 mhz was considered microwaves, hence the name "microwave ovens" when
they were invented,

most of the articles I read that mentioned the microwave band starting at
around 1 ghz actually say thst microwaves "start at around 1 ghz",

instead of saying that they do start around 1 ghz.

I consider 900 mhz to be "around" 1 ghz.

I think that a lot of people took the word "around" to mean "does".

and then they might have even printed up websites theirselves that say they do
start at 1 ghz.

"Truth" wrote in message ...
900 MHz are NOT microwaves

Interesting. Especially since the older microwave ovens operated on 800 and
900 Mhz.

Why are people who are uneducated in certain subjects always the first to jump
in on a conversation and tell everyone else how they think things really are?

Yeah, why is that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave

(For the non-curious, the paragraph of interest says:

Microwaves, also known as Super High Frequency (SHF) signals, have wavelengths
approximately in the range of 30 cm (1 GHz) to 1 mm (300 GHz).

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