May I also throw in the IOio antenna? I built mine out of PVC pipe and copper tubing and had my first sat QSO on AO-7 with it. Cost was about $15 - $20 as well.
http://personales.ya.com/ea4cax/paginaea4cyq/Antenaioio/ioioingles.pdf
73 Mike K5TRI
On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Clint Bradford wrote:
... my F6a and a slightly-better-than-stock ducky ...
You can get into the world of much higher gain for under $20 ... Build yourself a tape measure beam! That scratchy signal you heard from ARISSat-1 would have been BOOMING into your TH-F6a!
Plans all over the Web ... My visitors have enjoyed the one I have posted on the ANTENNAS page at ...
Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666
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