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ftg

Shiny silvered brass from 1975.
A 2GHz local oscillator from some old 4GHz link transmitter.
Not a single circuit board in this unit.

@ftg Great constructor skill there but also a fine example of why such things are now made on PCBs. Manufacturing repeatability & robust mechanical shock resistance demand them.

@quantensalat The complete thing is a good bit larger.
But yep, the output was 2GHz.