Clint Bradford clintbrad4d@earthlink.net wrote:
> You are talking about the two satellites I regularly access using a
handheld radio at about 2.5W and either an Arrow dual-band antenna
> or simply a longer duck.
In my experiences, orienting the Arrow 90 degrees in either direction gives no discernable improvement on the RX signal: It's clear and wonderful no matter how I twist the Arrow.
My experience has been quite different Clint. There have been times when I've noticed a drop in signal strength, rotated my Arrow antenna 90 degrees, to find the signal strength back up. I had been told earlier by an experienced sat op of the FM birds that there would be shifts in polarization during passes that I would have to correct for. It appeared to me his advice was correct.
73, Gary -K8KFJ- AMSAT #32574 Sat VUCC #125