16 Feb
2012
16 Feb
'12
7:51 p.m.
Just wondering if anyone has a vertical beam. A horizontal beam [for this vertical balloon signal] will be useless for direction finding....
That is only true when receiving the signal via direct line of sight propagation.
The transmitter is only 10 milliwatts, so we only expect line-of-sight contact. So that is why I was assuming we'd need a reasonable polarization match. But who knows... maybe we will get some good OTH signals.? The altitude will not be super high though, (like in the ionosphere)..
Bob, WB4APR