[amsat-bb] Re: request

[wa6fwf]

Hello George,
   just some rough numbers, M2 18db   TVRO dish around 26db

Yes I would say that's a pretty worthwhile gain if you can swing that big
of a dish and point it correctly, the -3db beamwidth should be
around 7 deg.

73
Kevin WA6FWF
Amsat-UK #6505


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "w3vvp" <w3vvp at atlanticbb.net>
To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 7:21 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] request


>I have an M2 23cm35 at 10 ft. If I were to put up a 7 1/2 ft TVRO dish with
> a patch feed for 1.2 ghz would I get any more gain or is that a waste of
> time? Thanks for any info. George
>
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