Good Morning folks, After an extended hiatus, (Like 15 years) I'm back. Looking at getting the shack set back up for the birds, and was wondering if anyone here was using the WIMO X-Quad antennas. They look pretty impressive for their size, and I was thinking about putting a pair of them on a split Yaesu 5500 over top of my TA-33 on the tower.
Just wondering what you guys thought of them.
Thanks, Dave
Dave Tipton, W5DMT (Formerly N8KXA)
(615) 689-0685
Hello Dave,
Welcome back in game ! I am using this Wimo since august here in Guadeloupe. This 2 antennas working great on LEO satellites !
73, Burt FG8OJ
Le 27 décembre 2017 à 08:52:32, Dave Tipton ([email protected]) a écrit:
Good Morning folks, After an extended hiatus, (Like 15 years) I'm back. Looking at getting the shack set back up for the birds, and was wondering if anyone here was using the WIMO X-Quad antennas. They look pretty impressive for their size, and I was thinking about putting a pair of them on a split Yaesu 5500 over top of my TA-33 on the tower.
Just wondering what you guys thought of them.
Thanks, Dave
Dave Tipton, W5DMT (Formerly N8KXA)
(615) 689-0685
mailto:[email protected] [email protected]
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Hi Dave!
I have both the 2m & 70cm X-Quads wired RHCP with the factory harness on a fixed EL rotator and am extremely pleased with them.
My main interest is RX (cubesat telemetry, weather sats, etc.), so one aspect of the X-Quads that I particularly like is that the area of gain is quite wide. You don't have to be pointing so precisely at an object to benefit from these antennas.
I also have an SP-70 LNA on the 70cm antenna and that is a huge help as well.
73!
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 5:28 AM, Dave Tipton [email protected] wrote:
Good Morning folks, After an extended hiatus, (Like 15 years) I'm back. Looking at getting the shack set back up for the birds, and was wondering if anyone here was using the WIMO X-Quad antennas. They look pretty impressive for their size, and I was thinking about putting a pair of them on a split Yaesu 5500 over top of my TA-33 on the tower.
Just wondering what you guys thought of them.
Thanks, Dave
Dave Tipton, W5DMT (Formerly N8KXA)
(615) 689-0685
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