[amsat-bb] Re: Fold Away Antenna in OSSI Ground Station

[K5OE]

You got to love the "Hello Yagi"!  Great stuff...
73,
Jerry


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From: Ng, Peter <Peter.Ng at bccdc.ca>
To: K5OE <k5oe at aol.com>; amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Mon, May 7, 2012 3:10 pm
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Fold Away Antenna in OSSI Ground Station


it appears his young, nimble fingers had a bit of trouble as well :) 
...impressive work though!
another fabric theme for a portable yagi can be found at
http://www.dianaeng.com/2010/05/make-online-collapsible-fabric-yagi-antenna/
...at least this one won't fly off like a kite! probably cheaper as well, 
owever, both are really cool designs!
73's peter ve7ngp
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f K5OE
ent: Monday, May 07, 2012 6:39 AM
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ubject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fold Away Antenna in OSSI Ground Station

retty darn ingeneous packaging!  Hams, unlike university students, all have fat 
ingers and would struggle to extract that 3-part antenna boom.  I like the 
abric roll-up concept, but wonder if it would present wind-load problems in a 
eal-world field application?
3,
erry, K5OE
---- original message ----
 liked the fold away yagi antenna in this video of the OSSI ground station.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/7218 
73 Trevor M5AKA

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