Thanks. A LEO-pack might be a better choice for stacking then. Since the coax wouldn't hang down as far. Also less wind area...
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 1:14 PM W3AB/GEO w3ab@yahoo.com wrote:
That would work. Your AZ rotor will determine how big a HF beam you can install. Don't forget to add in the Sat array for wind load. The spacing will probably be determined by your coax feed to the Sat antennas.
Sent from my two way wrist watch 73 de W3AB/GEO On Jun 11, 2020, at 08:24, Rich Gopstein via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I'm considering putting up a tower to get my satellite antennas off the ground. As long as I'm doing that, I'm considering putting a small HF beam up there too (maybe the 2 or 3 element SteppIR?).
Has anyone done that? Do you put the HF antenna below the AZ/EL setup? How much room would I leave between them? BTW - I have the larger M2 satellite antennas, not the LEO-pack, so the antennas are mounted near the middle of the booms, not at the ends.
I imagine I'd split the G-5500 into separate AZ and EL rotators, placing the AZ rotator in the tower.
Thoughts?
Thanks.
Rich, KD2CQ
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