I'll have to reiterate what others have said about having great luck using my Arrow II and a camera tripod. It works great.
Thanks, Josh Smith KD8HRX email/jabber: juicewvu@gmail.com phone: 304.237.9369(c)
On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:03 AM, John Ronan jpronans@gmail.com wrote:
On 4 May 2010, at 12:56, Peter Portanova wrote:
Ron,
I really like your message, "if it was easy it wouldn't be as fun".
Thinking along those lines
Speaking for a "Non" satellite station point of view. I saw on here (I think) that the power level was going to be slightly higher for the current schedule. I have an FT-847 and a 6m/2m/70cms omni on the roof. I also have a 2m/70cms pre-amp near the antenna. On a pass yesterday morning, I could hear AO-51 reasonably well (when folks weren't keying over one another) so I dropped my call-sign into a small gap. 4 contacts later (and one on the next pass), I'm still smiling.
Looking for a cheap rotator now suitable to hold a small beam for VHF/UHF. Actually I have a Mini-kits L-band LNA. Any pointers for a simple to construct antenna?
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