Check Bob Bruninga's (wb4apr) treatise on 19" verticals for use on 440 and 2 meter satellite frequencies (rather positive but you need a good ground plane)
Google his call and 19" ground plane or look in the archives here...
Roger WA1KAT
On 11/18/2010 8:28 PM, John Geiger wrote:
I apologize if this topic has been covered recently, but I am asking again. I am in the middle of redoing antennas, and am looking to keep something up for the FM satellites. How well will a 1/4 wave dualband groundplane work on the satellites? I remember reading a review in QST in the past year or so about a dualband J pole,and the reviewer said he got into AO27 and AO51 just fine. What can I expect out of a 1/4 wave antenna?
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