A buddy of mine has given me a Cushcraft A270-10S dual-band antenna. I was going to try to use it start my satellite antenna farm and was thinking of mounting it on a rotator, angled at 45 degrees up from the horizon and angled at 45 degrees polarization.
The main reason for the high up angle is that I live in a bit of a valley or as I call it a hole. North and South aren't to bad as I have heard passes at about 20 degrees, to the east my horizon is about 25 to30 degrees. To the west though I have a horizon of 40 degrees.
So I was thinking wit the antenna pointed at 45 degrees above the horizon would give me the best chance all around.
Am I on the right track or lost in the snow?
Or would I be better to just mount the antenna horizontal aimed at the horizon and take what I can get?
Jacob Tennant WF8S