[amsat-bb] Re: How to make phasing cable for 440 MHz Arrow II cross Yagi?

Rick Mann rmann at latencyzero.com
Sat Dec 1 22:04:37 PST 2007


On Dec 1, 2007, at 9:31 PM, Bruce wrote:

> you can't make it circular because you would need either 2m elements  
> or 70cm elements on both planes. the arrow is designed as a 2m yagi  
> on one plane and a 70 cm yagi on the other. you rotate your hand  
> left and right to change polarity as you listen to the bird.

Thanks Bruce, but I actually have two 70 cm antennas at 90 deg to each  
other:

	http://www.arrowantennas.com/437x14ii.html

As I understand things, I should be able to use a phasing cable to  
circularly polarize it.

-- 
Rick



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