Ron,
My Pleasure, this is their site, http://www.elkantennas.com/ feel free to talk with Ray the owner and you can mention my name and that you read my posting as a result of Ham Radio University, if you have an interest. I always used an Arrow antenna, by default, until Tim, N3TL was invited to do a Satellite Forum, he asked Arrow if they would give some support, they said NO! He never used an ELK but asked them for a donation and they gave him an Antenna to raffle.
He then purchased an ELK and began to do many side by side tests and the ELK was very impressive at AOS/LOS and it seemed to respond very well to the polarization changes as we twisted it. The Arrow does not publish any gain numbers on the antenna, some have come up with their own values but not official, ELK publishes the normal numbers you would expect, good luck and most of all Enjoy the Satellites, NOW, nothing is forever!
73- Pete WB2OQQ www.massapequanyweather.com http://www.qrz.com/db/WB2OQQ?
Ron - AMSAT has an Elk antenna and bag in stock. The antenna is $125 and the bag is $25. Shipping is extra.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Peter Portanova roic@optonline.netwrote:
Ron,
My Pleasure, this is their site, http://www.elkantennas.com/ feel free to talk with Ray the owner and you can mention my name and that you read my posting as a result of Ham Radio University, if you have an interest. I always used an Arrow antenna, by default, until Tim, N3TL was invited to do a Satellite Forum, he asked Arrow if they would give some support, they said NO! He never used an ELK but asked them for a donation and they gave him an Antenna to raffle.
He then purchased an ELK and began to do many side by side tests and the ELK was very impressive at AOS/LOS and it seemed to respond very well to the polarization changes as we twisted it. The Arrow does not publish any gain numbers on the antenna, some have come up with their own values but not official, ELK publishes the normal numbers you would expect, good luck and most of all Enjoy the Satellites, NOW, nothing is forever!
73- Pete WB2OQQ www.massapequanyweather.com http://www.qrz.com/db/WB2OQQ?
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Martha,
Thank you for seeing my mail, on the ELK antenna, that's a good deal!
73- Pete WB2OQQ
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