CB uses vertical beams...the difficulty is that they have to have a non metallic mounting pole extending into the beam or be end mounted (think torque)
With enough planning I'm sure enough hams could chase something up and use empty Stationmaster radomes, fiberglass poles or even schedule 80 pipe to get something up.
Roger WA1KAT
On 2/16/2012 12:18 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote:
Do you have a 10 meter (28 MHz) vertically polarized beam?
We are working on a 28 MHz transatlantic Balloon with a CW transmitter on 10m using (of course) a vertical dipole.
It will have no GPS, so tracking will be entirely by beam headings and some signal-strength assessment.
Just wondering if anyone has a vertical beam.
A horizontal beam will be useless for direction finding. All it will do is point to whatever is reflecting the energy into the strongest horizontal component...
Hummh... Bob, WB4APR _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb