[amsat-bb] 2m or 70cm masthead preamp first?

[Dominic Hawken]

Thanks all for your great and detailed responses - many direct to me and all much appreciated. Of all the criteria I had’t considered the increased loss of the coax at the higher frequencies which should have been obvious, and I think FO-29 and SO-50 would most benefit from the amp initially. I’m going to go for UHF to start with and keep saving for VHF later.

Thanks again,

Dominic G6NQO

> On 26 Jan 2015, at 15:07, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> 70cm.
> 
> 2m satellite signals are generally stronger and less likely to need a preamp due to 9dB less path loss and less losses in your coax at the lower frequency.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Paul, N8HM
> 
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2015 at 8:59 AM, Dominic Hawken <dominic at del.co.uk <mailto:dominic at del.co.uk>> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> If you could only afford one of the above, which one would you go for? If you have both I'm interested in which one you currently use the most? I'm a few weeks away from setting up a simple az/ele system on 2 and 70 having moved house 18 months ago, so have not worked the birds for a while and am out of touch with what's available / popular. Can only afford the one, at least to start with so could do with the wisdom of this group to help the choice.
> 
> Many thanks for any advice,
> 
> Dominic G6NQO
> 
> 
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