Hi Brad,
your set-up is do-able. I'm putting together a K3NG rotator controller for my own station, but it may not be needed to start with, only the southern part of passes would be of interest. I'm curious what the rotator model is. I'm using a Ham IV that I re-built myself, using aviation lubricants, its been colder than -40 and even then it worked flawlessly. Going from pictures of Cambridge Bay, there doesn't appear to be any issues with terrain so a short mast should do.
I use an 8 el quad on 2M and a helix antenna, left over from AO-10, AO-13 days, on 70 cm. The quad's beamwidth is narrow and if the antennae track most satellites they're workable to about 2 degrees above the horizon without a pre-amp and 10W (less coax losses) on transmit.
Its a good time to work on the shopping list, as she has nothing the list will include everything :-) I wonder what 6 metres is like up there, she is well north of the auroral oval.
73 Ron VE8RT
On Mon, 13 May 2019 15:54:57 +0000 (UTC) Mr B r a d via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
I have a 4 way antenna switch with a 65ft tower mounted yagi and vertical, a vertical right over the shack feed with hardline and 8ft pole with a very old yagi and tv rotator and the yagi on the nearby pole beats them all every time to hear the sats. http://valleymedia.org/satchat/ham_sat_chatroom_antenna_review_-vhf-uhf-L-ba...
As was stated multiple times in a very recent thread - omnis for sat work are a poor compromise!! Even a small beam at a 15-degree angle will generally blow most omnis off the roof!
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