Just make it polarization switchable: vertical / horizontal, simpler and almost same result. 73 Merry Christmas to all. Ed  PY2RN On Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 02:08:32 PM GMT-3, Joseph Amato via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:

I’m looking for some advice on antennas for 2 m/70 cm satellite operation.  Presently, I have home-brew yagis for each band, horizontally polarized.  To eliminate fading due to satellite rotation, I want to replace these antennas with circularly polarized ones.  But the new antennas need to be relatively lightweight, because I have to lug them up on a ladder to mount them, and, well, I’m not as young as I used to be.  I have been considering the WiMo circular polarized antennas (#18010 and 18011), but would first like to hear from people who have experience with them.  I like to build things myself, but the WiMo design looks cleverer than anything I’ve been able to come up with so far.  Any advice?  Thanks!

Joe K1MNY

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