Great post sean!! I agree 100% with everything you said. Bottom line, if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem! Personal animus has no place on the list. If you can't play nice, then maybe you shouldn't be playing at all!
As far as the original question - all antennas are a compromise! All antennas have their pros and cons! If you have to use an omni for the sats, you'll likely need to use pre-amps. I've looked at most of the omni options, and I like the Texas Potato Mashers and the lindenblads as decent options (w/ pre-amps). I have yet to implement an omni setup though, so I have no practical experience with them. Juggling a handheld beam and two radios is not easy, especially when compared to the mega-buck setups a lot of people have. However, the satisfaction of successfully working someone on the sats with a handheld setup is the greatest!!
7 3 Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY
On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 3:35 PM Sean Waite via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
It doesn't really matter how much beef you have with someone who posts a message, or how often that question has been asked. It is on every case better to either post a meaningful response or stay silent. You have to remember that you're not just responding to the initial email, but to the whole list and anyone who reads the archives. I talk daily with high school and college kids who are hams and this behavior really drives them away. Remember that your response about dummy loads, or anything similar is also maybe a response to a 13 year old kid trying to make his or her first antenna to work the satellites with whatever they find in their parent's basement. Better to just stay quiet.
73, Sean WA1TE
On Fri, May 3, 2019, 18:28 jim--- via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I know I'm late to this thread so I'll make it short.
Eggbeaters are a piece of junk. Don't waste your time.
OK, in defense of the Eggbeater - ALL omni antennas are going to be
pretty
crappy at best for satellite operation. Some are better than others, but any of them will be beat by even a small directional antenna.
Personally I
opted to go the other way. Home: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/Photo/Pics/S-band1.html Mobile: http://members.dslextreme.com/users/k6ccc/Photo/Pics/MobileSat2.html
73
Jim Walls - K6CCC jim@k6ccc.org
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