Enjoyed your webpage, Ed.

Probably going to take down the AO-10 antennas here and put up something much simpler such as your Lindenblads or a couple of TPM's. The AO-10 setup is way overkill for what is up there and I'd rather use my tower for something other than satellites.

Good luck with your antennas.

73, Joel, W4JBB

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Edward Cole kl7uw@acsalaska.net wrote:

Just a note that I copied HO-68 beacon yesterday on my new Lindenblad antennas. I have updated the webpage: http://www.kl7uw.com/LBant.htm

I am only running mode-VU with the "Lindys" because the UHF antenna has a preamp and the VHF one does not.

My directional satellite array is not quite QRV; needs cables connected in shack. They have full capability for modes; VU, UV, US, VS, LU, LS So I will not be on AO-7, VO-52, or FO-29 quite yet.

73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45

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I forgot to add that these are patterned after Tony, AA2TX, designs (UHF version is in Feb. 2010 QST). My variation was to use pvc sched-40 plastic pipe (white).

The preamp is one of the older DEMI designs that uses a mgf-1302 GasFet with about 0.7 dBNF. I see about one s-unit of noise when I turn it on. There is 4-feet of RG-58 to the UHF Lindy and 60-feet to the FT-847 from the preamp. The VHF Lindy has no preamp and is fed with 60-feet of RG-213.

The VHF Lindy brings up repeaters 70-miles away with 50w, and the UHF Lindy hears repeaters that far away. So actually can make a nice general purpose antenna.

73, Ed

At 11:03 AM 2/6/2010, Edward Cole wrote:

Just a note that I copied HO-68 beacon yesterday on my new Lindenblad antennas. I have updated the webpage: http://www.kl7uw.com/LBant.htm

I am only running mode-VU with the "Lindys" because the UHF antenna has a preamp and the VHF one does not.

My directional satellite array is not quite QRV; needs cables connected in shack. They have full capability for modes; VU, UV, US, VS, LU, LS So I will not be on AO-7, VO-52, or FO-29 quite yet.

73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45

BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com 500-KHz/CW, 144-MHz EME, 1296-MHz EME DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa@hotmail.com ======================================

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