I had the only the 2m elements of my Arrow attached to the crossboom of my B5400 az-el system and it worked fine. I suspect that if you set it at a fixed elevation angle and rotate in azimuth it will work pretty good for satellites. The 6-element 432 antenna will be a bit narrower in beam, but I suspect still would work well.

One issue with permanent mounting is the elements get vibrated loose by the wind and fall off. If you can find some star locking washers to slip on the threaded element ends that may help. I have also used my Arrow for VHF/UHF roving with my truck. Also, you are stuck with one polarity and may experience some fading as the satellite polarity shifts.

The Arrow should work with any radio. If it is a dual-band radio with one antenna connection you must use the diplexer (limited to low-power). If there are separate antenna connectors on the radio, run two separate coax lines to the 2m and 70cm antenna feeds without using the diplexer.

I took my FT-817 and the 2m 3-element Arrow antenna to a 3300-foot mountain top and worked 206 miles tropo on QRP 2m SSB. Nice travel antenna, too!

73, Ed - KL7UW

At 08:26 PM 4/6/2009, Michael J Finn wrote:

Would the Arrow antenna work well for a fix rotor antenna? Or is it just for HT's. Those that use the Arrow antenna, how do you like it, and how well does it really work? What HT's are used for it.

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