Hello, can I ask a question related to this several-years old thread? At George Washington University, this fall we will be on the air and are buliding up an amateur radio club ground station from scratch. Currently we are collecting equipment, cables, etc., while we wait for the construction to begin on a new door in the interior of a third floor class room space to let us use that area as a "radio room" or something like that. At my home QTH, I'm testing out the radios we can use, and would like to both receive and transmit - with omni antennas (e.g., eggbeaters, QHA ) and later AZ-El yagis.
Assuming an LNA is used at the antenna for the RX path, would it be practical to use that same omni for uplink? What are the recommended power settings for such an uplink for any of the recent amsats?
If there was a constraint (for the summer into fall) of operating in a limited visibility area, and approximately 50 sq. ft of open access (i.e., 21 ft monopole mast with open free area about 4 ft dia.) would that be adequate for any sort of uplink antenna? The good thing is that the ultimate location of the club station antenna farm is huge, but for now this is what we have. I'm open to AZ-El positioners but the mast loading limit is pretty small for now.
Any suggestion welcome.
Regards,
Samudra N3RDX
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 9:50 PM, Edward Cole kl7uw@acsalaska.net wrote:
Drew,
Thanks for the document on this antenna. I was going to try resizing the 2m Lindenblad design of Tony's but this will be a snap for me. I have 1/8-inch rod elements from an old Cushcraft yagi that disintegrated long ago and have some 1/2-inch sched-40 aluminum pipe (7/8 inch OD) that will work fine for the vertical. I can get the PVC from my local building supply. Only need to order ferrites from Mouser. Since I will place a 432 preamp at the antenna a short run of RG-58 or mini-8 will suffice. I probably will make some variation in the materials used. I did that on the 2m Lindenblad (not assembled, yet).
73, Ed - KL7UW
At 08:02 AM 4/16/2009, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
Consider trying AA2TX's excellent parasitic lindenblad design. Unlike the overpriced eggbeater, it puts the gain on the horizon where it is needed, and is circular across the pattern. The parts mostly are from your local hardware store, and in Tony's typical fashion, it is simple to assemble
and
works well.
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Dzurilla" billdz.geo@yahoo.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:56 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: EggBeater
Steve,
I have both a commercial and a homebrew Eggbeater and am disappointed
with
both, especially in light of its rather high price. Connected to my IC-7000 via an ARR mast-mounted preamp, performance is far less than
with
an HT and an Arrow. Guess an omni can't cut it, at least not from my
QTH.
Maybe if I could get it up higher, clear of all roofs, it would do
better.
I can make contacts at relatively high sat elevations, but can do just
as
well with a $10 dual band ground plane. My friend has an Eggbeater and the same preamp at a clearer QTH, and he hears substantially better,
down
to 10 degrees elevation in some directions.
Good luck and 73, Bill NZ5N
Hi Steve,
It is surprising to read that you are not hearing
anything. I have
repeatedly used a 2m and 70cm Eggbeater for the sats
and have had no
problem hearing things. No pre-amp.
I was using a short cable (e.g. less than 10 meters).
The rigs I
used were a FT-736r (deaf) and a FT-847 (so-so).
73,
Dave
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