[amsat-bb] Satellites and small yagis

[Robert Oler]

John...they work great as my first station here in Turkey...I took them right from Santa Fe where I used them well.good dxing

Robert WB5MZO /TA1


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> On Jan 29, 2017, at 08:04, Mac A. Cody <maccody at att.net> wrote:
> 
> John,
> 
> My satellite 'battle station' uses a three-element 2m Yagi and a six-element
> 70 cm Yagi, both based upon the antenna set found in the July/August and
> September/October 2006 issues of AMSAT Journal.  I've used them for many
> QSOs on the FM birds and they should work fine on the transponder birds, too.
> I would imagine that the antennas you've described should work fine.  I
> presume you will be placing them on an AZ/EL mount?  I've read that if you
> can only have an azimuth rotator, you can place the antennas at a fixed
> elevation of 15 degrees.  You'll experience fading if the satellite passes
> directly overhead, but that doesn't happen too often.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Mac / AE5PH
> 
>> On 01/28/2017 09:35 PM, John Geiger wrote:
>> After having been off the satellites for a while due to life stuff, I am
>> almost ready to get back on again, I hope.  I have a little space on the
>> mast under my miniquad where I can mount a small dualband end mounted
>> yagi.  I have been looking at the Jetstream 2m/70cm since it is cheapest
>> and should fit there fine. It has 3 elements on 2m and 5 elements on 70cm.
>> Will that good enough on the satellites?  I have used a Cushcraft 5/5
>> dualband yagi before with good results.
>> 
>> I hope in another year or so to have the parent's estate finally settled
>> and money for a real satellite station again, but am hoping this will do in
>> the meantime. Anyone else tried a yagi this size?
>> 
>> 73 John AF5CC
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