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        "address": "ve8rt (a) yknwt.ca",
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    "sender_name": "Ron VE8RT",
    "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] Quads on the satellites",
    "date": "2019-06-17T20:02:44Z",
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    "content": "Hi John,\n\n   I use an eight element Cubex quad on the 2M side, fixed elevation\nroughly 15 to 20 degrees, up 10M at tree top height (its the mid\narctic, thats a good sized tree here).  The azimuth tracking is manual\n(usually ahead or behind the satellite).  For the most part I'm picking\nup the FM satellites beacons between 3 and 1/2 degree from the horizon\njust after updating the Keps and using Gpredict.  The drop off as the\nsatellite rises above the antenna beam, but decreases in range, hasn't\nbeen a problem.  I can tell you from using the set up to bet a bearing\non a stuck mike on an APRS WX transmitter that the beamwidth is pretty\nsharp, I can get the bearing to the stuck mike station  consistently\n(its happened a couple of times) to within +/- 5 degrees using the S\nmeter or better yet the scope display on WSJTX on MSK144.\n\n   On the 70cm side I'm using an old helix antenna I picked up used\nover 20 years ago, so my antenna is NOT dual band.\n\n   As an aside, with the antenna, with or without a preamp on the FM\nsatellites I've had Q5 copy on a pair of stations that couldn't hear\nwell enough to make an exchange to complete the QSO.\n\n   I have not affiliation with Cubex or any other antenna company.  On\nmy QSL I have a photo of my place with the antenna in the back and\neverything in site covered in a couple of centimetres of hoar frost.\n\n   Ron VE8RT in DP22\n\nOn Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:05:56 -0500\nJohn Geiger via AMSAT-BB <[email protected]> wrote:\n\n> Has anyone tried the Cubix dualband quad on the satellites?  I am wondering\n> (hoping) that it might have a better elevation pattern than my Cushcraft\n> A270-10S dualband yagi does.  On Mode B passes, the satellite has to get to\n> a 25 degree elevation or more before I really have a good chance at getting\n> into the FM satellites.  It would be nice to have something that allowed\n> for better success at the lower elevations also.\n> \n> 73 John W5TD (ex AF5CC)\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n\n\n-- \nRon VE8RT <[email protected]>\n",
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