Wow... many many answers !!
Well, everybody seems to be agree that preamp are a "must", and the first thing to add in my setup.
I bought, at a great price, 2 "second hand" and near perfect eggbeater antenna from a ham here in province of Quebec who would like to upgrade to a more serious setup.
Ok now, I just ordered 2 preamps from Advanced Research... VHF and UHF. I will put them in an wheater proof enclosure near my eggbeater antennas..... the closer I can.... in an PVC enclosure... because I bought standard one.
I received today from a friend of mine, a brand new 50 meters 1/2" heliax coil.... I will be able to change my 2 old coax runs with this.
And finally, I will use my 2 FT-817 with SatPC32.... seems to work perfectly at this moment... the 2 rigs are controlled simultaniously RX & TX.... a great piece of software !!
I hope I will be able to do a step further soon.... to have a contact !!!
73
J-F VA2SS
Jean-François Ménard a écrit :
Hi,
I would like to know if there is much difference using a preamp for satellite receiving using a M2 Eggbeater antenna ?
And also, is there much difference between a heliax 0.5" and a RG-8 on a 50 feet cable run between the antenna and the radio ?
I would really like to optimize my receiving quality but I also want to know where to put all my effort first.
I'm new and I cannot invest much money the first year.
Thank to all for your advice.
73
Jean-François Ménard VA2SS