Bob,
Good thought to share L-band station inventory. You can see my sat antennas on my QRZ site. Station here for L-band:
Kenwood TS-790A with 1.2 GHz module (for being an antique, this radio works extremely well on all of the sats) LMR 400 coax German made helix about 2 feet long (sorry forgot the name, but extremely well made).
antennas are about 6 feet above ground as pictured on QRZ and 25 feet from rig. I am often astonished that even with the trees in the yard and small hills, I often catch the sats at 4 degrees. Seems like my 1.257 MHz uplink is not very loud, but my output maybe around 5 watts. I was hearing AO-92 at 5 degrees this morning, but could not uplink
73 Chuck N7BFO
On 5/13/2020 9:52 AM, 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB wrote:
Hi all- I would be curious to know what "everyone" is using for L band gear. Perhaps others would like to know. example I run IC-910- at 10W 70 feet of LMR600 24 element looper yagi horizontal polarized _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb