Hi Eric,
Yes, especially for S-band, but that's because my antennas are both narrow beamwidth. I suppose that you could use something much more blunt, given the lower altitude of AO-51, as compared with my setup which was designed for AO-40. I only have 10 watts at shack-level on L-band, and with an 18 turn helix it's plenty, even after all that cable. My configuration has an active Az/El rotor system, controlled by my Linux PC, running predict software and a homebrew controller.
Greg KO6TH
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:01:59 -0800 From: eric.fort@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ao-51 mode L/S
Are those who are working AO-51 mode L/S mostly using rotors and tracking software? What are you using to keep the antennas pointed for mode L/S and what are you using for antennas?
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