[amsat-bb] Re: give the newbie the full story on ELK and ARROW please

The Elk appears to be a log periodic. Anybody tried building a pair of these, orthoganally mounted on a common boom, and phased to give circular polarisation? Is it possible to build a wideband (to cover 2 and 70) phasing harness or device even?

Jim Danehy wrote:

Arrow and Elk are LINEARLY polarized antennas . . . . the 17,000 mph moving satellite is throwing off CIRCULAR polarized RF energy . . . please SUBTRACT 3 db or more of gain from your Elk or Arrow when receiving the satellite's signal . . . some still do not understand this concept and never will . . . ignorance is bliss . . . .

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