This LNA works great for me and uses the same PSA4-5043+: https://www.cosycave.co.uk/product.php?id_product=316
Mike -- Mike Jameson M0MIK BSc MIET Email: [email protected] Web: http://scanoo.com On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Doug <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 09/30/2014 09:03 AM, Amber Lynn wrote: > >> In looking for some pre-amps with low noise figure, since my source of >> the past, Hamtronics, no longer makes theirs in a wideband or anything >> than a VHF configuration. (Seems they are on the road to clear out and >> shutdown from the looks of things, :( ) >> >> >> Have you looked at the products of Mini-Circuits Labs? They do make > fully packaged and powered amplifiers, but they are quite expensive. > They also make small integrated amplifiers that can be mounted on > a microsrtrip circuit, with connectors and 5-volt power, and these > tend to sell for just a few dollars each. You probably have to buy > onesies from Mouser or someplace, I don't think MCL sells them > in single unit quantities. > Look up the company on the 'net and look for low noise amplifiers, > surface mount. > You can make a small microstrip board to mount the amplifier on > out of FR4 circuit board. On a 60 mil board, a 50 Ohm line is 120 mil > width. Just put the circuit together like the data sheet with connectors > of your choice and apply 5V power and you're in like Flynn. > > --doug, WA2SAY > > >
