At 10:07 AM 4/15/2011, you wrote:
I have found firsthand that verticals, J poles, and the like work pretty good on FM satellites. How well do these same antennas work on the SSB satellites? Would they make VO52 usable? That seems to be the easiest of the SSB sats to get into. What about FO29?
John, go to my site and take a look at quadfil1.zip...It has construction notes and pics for 2m and 435 quadrifilars. Mount them vertically and they work just fine for most of the pass.
Measure the tubing accurately for the 435 to keep vswr down...
They are easy to build, inexpensive, and have used them for years on all of the sats you mentioned.
And they will even receive Phil's new modes!!!
http://cid-1973adc8c1d3207c.skydrive.live.com/summary.aspx?sa=140581470
73, Dave, WB6LLO dguimon1@san.rr.com
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...