[amsat-bb] Advise and/or Help

[JoAnne K9JKM]

> Also, as Bob Bruninga will tell you, set the EL at 15-20 degrees.

Following Bob's advice here for fixed elevation of 20 degrees works well.
I've got my 6 element 145 MHz and 8 element 435 MHz cheap yagis on a TV
rotor. 

On 145 MHz I can copy and decode the AO-73 weekend mode beacon ~37 mW at 700
miles range with no preamp. 

I've found that the tighter beamwidth of 8 elements on 435 MHz requires
closer tracking (manually) and occasionally I need to wait for the
satellite's elevation to get low enough to get back in the antenna pattern.

A basic setup like this will get you on the air. There is plenty of room for
improvement but that is part of the fun too.

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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm at amsat.org