[amsat-bb] Re: Antenna setup

[D. Craig Fox]

out here in 6 land I keep my 5 el on 2 mtr and 11 elements on 70cm (both horizontal) at 30 degs above my HF beam and miss very little on FM or SSB birds

N6RSX

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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Antenna setup


About 15 degrees elevation is usually considered optimum.

On 12-Mar-10 01:32, Jacob Tennant wrote:
  and the booms angled 30 to 40 degrees
> front end up

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