Hi Fabio:
I've had about equal success with the Arrow II and with the Elk antenna www.elkantennas.com I never managed to set a real scientific double blind all variables under control test, but in my opinion results were close enough not to be meaningful to my ears. OK, I may not be a hi-fi fanatic and never owned speakers bigger than my car but on the average, they were about equal. Sometimes one seeming better than the other but never to the point I could definitely say it was the antenna. Passes are different, trees come in the way, general conditions vary, etc...
I'll end up putting the Elk with a horizontal rotator on a mast and use it this winter, from the shack.
Amir Findling, 73 de K9CHP, member ARRL, AMSAT #36083 Coordinator, Senior K9 Handler Western NY SearchDogs, Inc. http://www.wnysearchdogs.org/ K9 Certification Tester, NYS Federation of SAR Teams http://www.nysfedsar.org/ 1st Special Response Group (1SRG) http://www.1srg.org/
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org]On Behalf Of Fabio Roccatagliata Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:04 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antennas
Dear OMs,
I was wondering if arrow antennas are the only portable antennas available on ham shops or other similar products are/were available.
Any other suggestion for a simple V/U portable antenna to use for handheld or portable operations ?
Thanks Fabio
IZ1EGT / F5VKV _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb