Jan,
I have one, and it works very well. The SWR, measured with a Bird wattmeter, is 1.5 or less across the entire satellite band. I did have to call M2 to get instructions, as the documentation which they provided were not correct. The new manual looks OK, and I am attaching it to the direct email.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of PE0SAT | Amateur Radio Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:07 AM To: Amsat bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Experience with M2 436CP42UG
Hi,
Are there people using the M2 436CP42UG for satellite operation? If so, could you share some experience whit this Antenna?
I have bought a used one but am unable to get it aligned in the right way so that SWR is expectable. From the manual I get the length of the dipole at 4.375 inch thats 11.1cm but it isn't working in my setup and changing it in steps of 1mm doesn't bring me to the right SWR.
In some places the impedance is so bad that the radio disables power output.
Thanks in advance
73 Jan PE0SAT