On 05/29/2021 12:59, kd4iz@frawg.org wrote:

I happen to have a pair of the Arrow II handheld SAT antennas available. I wish to use them as a pair set up in crossed polarization. To those who have messed around with various light antenna combinations and have used a pair of Arrows, please let me know your experiences what worked and what did not. Since each antenna has a single 2m and 70cm yagi on it, connecting the 2 element sets will be a little more challenging than one would find for a single band crossed polarized yagi.

I may not be the expert here, but as I understand it, that is not going to work the way you think it will. As I understand it, the two antennas need to be on the same boom to get the circular wavefront.

Now what you could do is orient them 90 degrees to each other and have an antenna switch so you could easily switch from horizontal to vertical. I would split the feeds for 2M vs 430 so each band would be selectable for polarization.

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