[amsat-bb] Antennas

[Norm n3ykf]

Arrow corner beam for 440. Works well.

On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
> Weather is nice,
> Time to put up antennas.
>
> Now I know most like to go CP, But I'm on a limited budget. So it will need
> to be a traditional linearly polarity yagi,
>
> Of course I can mount them vertically or horizontally polarized.
> And if it was just one band, is there ny preference to vert or horiz?
>
> I don't see any, except from the man made noise issue when on low
> elevations.
>
> is there any best polarity?
>
> I'm planning on a side by side 2 meter and 70 cm set up
> 2 meter vertically polarized on one end of a cros boom, and the same on the
> other side but 70 cm.
>
> This way I can get away with using a metal cross boom.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Joe WB9SBD
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