From the Electron of July 1990 I once rebuild the preamplifier
for 23cm.
When I started testing the preamplifier, by attaching it to my
satellite receiver and tuning to the local ATV transponder at
Soest I was confronted with all kinds of rubbish, much
oscillation tendencies and a lot of noise amplification.
At my QTH (JO22MG) I received the ATV transponder of Soest
(PI6ATS 1280Mhz) with signal strength of 8 but with a lot of
noise (B1).
Soon it appeared to me that the MF-signal was far too big, caused
by the consecutive MSA0685's (MAR8). Most wideband satellite
receivers get overmodulated due to this and all starts mixing in
the receiver casing.
In this schematic I replaced both MSA0685's with the BF65 that is easily obtainable at local stores. I also added two rings so the amplifier has a smaller bandwidth resulting in less mobile phone interferences.
The result was satisfying, very low noise and enough gain to receive weak signals. (over 29dB between 1240Mhz and 1300Mhz within 2.5dB)
I now receive Soest with signal strength 1 on the S-meter but
without noise (B5) !
This preamplifier is tested, and has a maximum gain of 29.66dB on
23cm, and the 900Mhz (GSM) signal is reduced by 10dB.
I have made a new layout and schematic. Notice that you should place and solder the last SMD condensator C12 straigt up from print to BNC connector. The print is double-sided, the bottom-side is ground so the components should be placed on the top-side. Dimensions of the print is 3,5 x 11 cm (WxH) exactly.
Good luck with building this preamplifier.
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