7 Aug
2007
7 Aug
'07
5:56 p.m.
I will certainly second Gould's comments. I recently Elmered some locals to get on the birds for FD. They ended up with some ancient Cushcraft satellite antennas, an azimuth rotator, and a preamp. In descending order of improvement, they got the circular polarization set correctly, installed a 70 cm preamp, and understood how to set the correct fixed elevation. By the time they got done, they had a very respectable signal after climbing a very steep learning curve very quickly. The array is packed up now, and one op is using a set of M2 egg beaters. He still gets in, but not as well, and absolutely needs a preamp.
Alan WA4SCA