<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Tony:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I have available for you:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2 ea WR-137-to-Nf transitions;</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">2 ea 46-in Semflex stainless steel armored cables; precision N male straight one end, precision N male right-angle opposite end; extremely low-loss (0.5 db) at 14-GHz; rated for 100w CW through 15-GHz; designed to take repeated flexing; and,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1 ea WR-112 (7-11-GHz) horn with WR-112-to-Nf transition (sorry but only one of each). Picture of the horn antenna on request.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Give me an address, and I will ship.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dave</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dr. David Rogers</div><div class="">K9RKH</div><div class="">Lakeport, CA<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 21, 2020, at 17:57, David Vieira <<a href="mailto:dpvieira@alumni.ucdavis.edu" class="">dpvieira@alumni.ucdavis.edu</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">David Vieira</strong> <span dir="auto" class=""><<a href="mailto:dpv@ieee.org" class="">dpv@ieee.org</a>></span><br class="">Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 5:55 PM<br class="">Subject: Fw: COVID-19 Microwave Inactivation Research - Parts needed<br class="">To: David Vieira <<a href="mailto:dpvieira@alumni.ucdavis.edu" class="">dpvieira@alumni.ucdavis.edu</a>><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px" class=""><div class=""></div>
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<div class=""><b class="">From:</b> Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <<a href="mailto:ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute" class="">ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute</a>></div><div class=""><b class="">To:</b> Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <<a href="mailto:ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute" class="">ground-station@lists.openresearch.institute</a>></div><div class=""><b class="">Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 05:51:20 PM PDT</div><div class=""><b class="">Subject:</b> [Ground-station] Fwd: COVID-19 Microwave Inactivation Research - Parts needed</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>
<div class=""><div id="m_2767016174954345866ydp74076a5eyiv1119093823" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">If you can help Tony Long out, please get in touch with him.<br class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">-Michelle W5NYV<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class="">From: <b class="">Tony Long</b> <span class=""><<a href="mailto:tonylong@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">tonylong@gmail.com</a>></span><br class="">Date: Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 5:13 PM<br class="">Subject: COVID-19 Microwave Inactivation Research - Parts needed<br class="">To: <<a href="mailto:sdmicrowave@googlegroups.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">sdmicrowave@googlegroups.com</a>>, <<a href="mailto:sbms@ham-radio.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">sbms@ham-radio.com</a>><br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Fellow microwavers - it is time to apply your hobby to help save lives! I'm part of a small consortium working to determine whether the COVID-19 virus can be inactivated with RF energy. One of my colleagues published results a few years back with a different virus and it showed that the virus in question could be destroyed with a very reasonable field strength in the few Ghz range. Simulations show that the COVID-19 virus (which has a polarized, spherical shell) should resonate somewhere roughly in the 8-12 GHz range. We need to find the resonance(s) so we can build devices to destroy the virus.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our test setup will involve two phases - first is spectral absorption measurement of a sample held between two horn antennas inside a bio-safety fume hood. We want to do this at very low power levels to avoid destroying the virus before it is characterized. Phase two will involve determining the energy density required to inactivate the virus.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are starting first with a similar, but non-human coronavirus and if it shows promise we will move to the COVID-19 virus in a bio-hazard level 3 facility at either UC Irvine or Duke University. The academic team is working to get fast track funding now. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I would like to get a test setup going as soon as possible so that we can get this into the labs functional and with minimal intervention. To that end, this Friday, Rohde & Schwarz is dropping off a high performance VNA but I need some other loaner parts until we get budget to buy them. I imagine that among this community we can cobble together components and would love to have the amateur microwave community contribute to this important effort. I'll let you imagine how useful RF decontamination might be for a variety of scenarios.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here's the team we've assembled:</div><div class=""><font face="Times New Roman" class="">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><a href="https://www.uclahealth.org/brian-wong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#0563c1" class="">Dr. Brian Wong</font></a><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""> – Pulmonary,
Critical care at UCLA</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><a href="http://www.bli.uci.edu/mattbrenner/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#0563c1" class="">Dr. Matthew Brenner</font></a><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""> – Professor
of Pulmonary Medicine at UC Irvine</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><a href="http://www.immunology.uci.edu/profiles/forthal-donald.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#0563c1" class="">Dr. Donald
Forthal</font></a><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""> – Professor in the Center for Virus Research at UC Irvine</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><a href="http://www.tialinx.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#0563c1" class="">Fred
Mohamadi</font></a><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""> PhD. – founder of Tialinx, Inc.</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><a href="https://engineering.uci.edu/users/zhongping-chen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#0563c1" class="">Zhongping Chen</font></a><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""> PhD.
– Professor of Biomedical Engineering, UC Irvine</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><a href="http://gipo.ntu.edu.tw/eng/e_p6student-5-detail2.php?sn=25&is_manage=0&title_code=01" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#0563c1" class="">Chi-Kuang
Sun</font></a><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""> PhD. – Distinguished Professor Photonics and Optoelectronics, National
Taiwan University</font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><a href="https://bme.duke.edu/faculty/tuan-vo-dinh" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class=""><font face="Calibri" color="#0563c1" class="">Tuan Vo-Dinh</font></a><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""> PhD. –
Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University </font></span></div><font face="Times New Roman" class="">
</font><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">Steve Stone – Senior Technical
Fellow, Northrop Grumman</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""></font></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">If you have the following equipment or know someone at a company that would like to loan equipment to the cause it would be greatly appreciated!</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""></font></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">Tony Long KC6QHP</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class=""></font></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">WR-90 15 dB standard Gain horn antenna (need two)</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">WR-137 10 or 15 dB standard gain horn antenna (need two)</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">WR-90 to N transitions (need two)</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">WR-137 to N transitions (need two)</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">A pair of quality test cables (unclear what sizes are needed but likely 36 inches), with N terminations</font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">~10 watt power amplifier covering 5-18 Ghz </font></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><font size="2" face="Calibri" style="background-color:inherit" class="">High power attenuator (18 Ghz, 30dB, 20 watts max)</font></span></div><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" class="">
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