[amsat-bb] attic antenna

[Pete Parisetti]

Having read about some mighty satellite antenna installations in the attic
- one in particular... - I wanted to run a few tests of my local conditions
before going ahead with a similar project.

I built a GP for 146 MHz using wire hangers (SWR flat across the entire 144
and 430 MHz bands....), placed it in my attic and fed it with 45' of
Ecoflex 10.

On a dry day, today I could hear the FO-29 beacon from about 10 degrees to
about 10 degrees. I find this extraordinary. I don't know if ther roof
slates will attenuate more when wet (this may be a urban legend...), but on
a day like today I think the difference attic/outside is almost negligible.

73 Pete MM0TWX