I had a lot of fun with Xquad antennas : https://www.wimo.com/fr/x-quad 73's Francis F6DED
Le lun. 11 avr. 2022 à 01:16, nathanjwhite nathanjwhite@frontier.com a écrit :
+1 to Greg’s comment. If you can’t get into the birds with 10 watts (5 is more like it for most of them) you should probably take a good hard look at your rig. Running a portable setup will help make this point crystal clear. A directional antenna is the way to go- for the benefit of ALL users.
Nathan N5LEX
On Sunday, April 10, 2022, 6:52 PM, Greg D ko6th.greg@gmail.com wrote:
Agreed. My first contacts were all done with a copper pipe J-pole and a whopping 10 watts for the uplink, received by a Radio Shack DX-440 receiver fed by a long wire strung out to a tree in the back yard.
Unfortunately, the wonderful RS "Easy Sats" are long gone now, but folks do pretty well with a pair of HTs and an Arrow antenna. One gets a real sense for antenna patterns and satellite spin when blessing the sky by waving a hand-held antenna around. It's something one can never truly get an appreciation for with an automated Az/El antenna system.
Greg KO6TH
Zach Metzinger wrote:
On 4/10/22 11:04, Mark Johns, K0JM wrote:
Also, while linear antennas (horizontal or vertical) will provide gain, they will also suffer from polarization fading as the satellites tumble in space. Circular polarization, or the ability to switch quickly between horizontal and vertical polarization, are much preferred.
That said, at least one operator has made solid contacts using only two "J-pole" type antennas, one each for VHF and UHF, on the XW and RS satellites. :-D
Start out small and cheap, get your feet wet, then incrementally improve your setup. It'll be a lot of fun no matter what!
--- Zach N0ZGO
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