How to Make a C-Band Radio Antenna from a Banana

How to Make a C-Band Radio Antenna from a Banana

Step 1: Take a banana and connect two piezoelectric quartz transducers to each end of the banana.  Step 2: Connect the transducers to a solid-state, high-power RF oscillator.  Step 3: Set the oscillator to 3.7 GHz.  Just kidding!  If only it were this easy to create a...
Fixed Wireless Internet Into the Home – No Excuses Now

Fixed Wireless Internet Into the Home – No Excuses Now

In mid-January 2021, the US completed an auction of valuable wireless spectrum for 5G, raising an astonishing $81B in the process for C-band licenses.  The process raised nearly two times any previous FCC auction because of the value of the 3.7GHz mid-band...