Return Mail to wa1rks@yahoo.com Like so many before me posted, I have had gud success with linear polarized antennas. I have been using stacked 11 el vertically pol, on 2m since 1974, and recently went to 2x20 el on 432-435 mhz horizontally pol, stacked in between the vertical 2m ant, With great success. as most of you that posted have worked me on them. fixed elevation also. from 0-30 deg. off the horizons I do very well, little spotty over head, although I do need some pre-amps to work the fm birds. but I think thats more of an radio problelm than antenna. my 2 cents worth! Pics of my ant. on my QRZ spot,along with the "Beast" my new HB 9el 36ft boom 6m ant. de Ellis WA1RKS
Back in the "goode olde dayes", if we didn't have an elevation rotor we would put a horizontally polarized yagi at a fixed 30 degree elevation. That allowed working the satellites for at least 95 percent of a pass and often for a complete pass.
I did this for quite a while before I obtained a rotor for controlling the elevation.
Glen, K9STH AMSAT 239 / LM 463
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--- On Sat, 3/19/11, Ellis Foley wa1rks@yahoo.com wrote:
Like so many before me posted, I have had gud success with linear polarized antennas. I have been using stacked 11 el vertically pol, on 2m since 1974, and recently went to 2x20 el on 432-435 mhz horizontally pol, stacked in between the vertical 2m ant, With great success. as most of you that posted have worked me on them. fixed elevation also. from 0-30 deg. off the horizons I do very well, little spotty over head, although I do need some pre-amps to work the fm birds. but I think thats more of an radio problelm than antenna. my 2 cents worth! Pics of my ant. on my QRZ spot,along with the "Beast" my new HB 9el 36ft boom 6m ant.
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