[amsat-bb] Re: Rooftop Antenna Labs? (CORRECTION)

[Robert Bruninga]

CORRECTION:

I'm not talking about an array of antennas on the roof
controlled remotely.  That is easy to do.  Im talking about
where the entire CLASS goes up and experiences antennas up-close
and personal...  Bob, WB4APR
 

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert
Bruninga
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 8:26 PM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Rooftop Antenna Labs?
> 
> Anyone at a University with an excellent Antenna Lab?
> 
> When I went through PG school 39 years ago, I was IMPRESSED
with
> the Antenna lab on the
> roof of Spanagel Hall at NPS in Monterey California and have
> envied it ever since.
> 
> I may have an opportunity to begin planning for a major
building
> upgrade at my school and want to propose a modern root-top
> antenna lab.  But my experience is 39 years old, and even then
> there was a hint (in 1971) that the end of HF was around the
> corner and so that antenna lab was already in decline...
> 
> Maybe all antennas labs have atrophed to the internet and have
> completely abandoned real-live-RF antennas, and so using them
as
> an examples might be a negative example instead of
> a positive one.
> 
> But in either case, I need to get some infor for planning a
> dream antenna lab...  Even though Ill probably be 6' under by
> the time it comes to pass. 
> 
> Hummh... A ham license lasts 10 years... I wonder if one could
> design a a 10 year micro-beacon for one's headstone that would
> last exactly 10 years from the time of one's last renewal...
> Keep the range to 100 feet within the cemetery and not many
> bodies around you would complain..  Though I guess if there is
> another ham planted nearby, he would find something to
complain
> about the issue of timely control..Probably best to use a key
> chain license free XMTR I guess...
> 
> Bob, WB4APR
> 
> 
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