[amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna

[Bryan Green]

I really gotta get one of those ALASKAN Arrows.

-- bag

Bryan KL7CN/W6


On Oct 12, 2015, at 23:02, J. Boyd (JR2TTS) <the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote:

On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 01:23:27 -0400, "W3MAT ." <w3mat03 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anyone removed the duplexer and its coax and replaced it with one coax
> cable to VHF, and one coax cable to UHF for two radio operation?  If so,
> did you notice any improvement and what would the power rating be now
> without the duplexer?

I have done this for all SO-50 passes because I want to hear my own
downlink (and record the results with a voice recorder from the downlink
HT earphone out) but I didn't notice any discernible difference without
the duplexer because I'm only running 5W. (Antenna is handheld.)

Arrow Antennas states that max power for the Alaskan Arrow (the type I
own) without the duplexer on a tripod is 150W. (See FAQ at http://www.arrowantennas.com/arrowii/alaskanarrow.html)



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