‰ NOW 15 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM JULY 2014 QST PAGE 57 ‰ PERFORMANCE IS ALSO IMPRESSIVE. HIGHER FREQUENCIES ANOTHER INTERESTING MMIC IS THE MINICIRCUITS WWW. MINICIRCUITS. COM PHA 1, ALSO PRICED AT 1R99. THIS DEVICE HAS LOWER GAIN, BUT A FAIRLY GOOD NOISE FIGURE AND A HIGHER POWER CAPABILITY, APPROXIMATELY 200 MW. THE CIRCUIT IS THE SAME AS FIGURE 2. THE DATA SHEET CLAIMS GOOD PERFORMANCE UP TO 6 GHZ. THIS ONE MIGHT BE A GOOD CHOICE FOR A SECOND STAGE. FILTERS THESE LNAS ARE REALLY BROADBAND, TOTALLY UNTUNED, WITH HIGH GAIN THEY AMPLIFY EVERYTHING. ‰ END OF 15 WPM TEXT ‚