[amsat-bb] ARRL Antenna book, eggbeater antenna designs

[David Swanson]

Instead of building eggbeaters, pick up a few of these:

http://www.mfjenterprises.com/Product.php?productid=MFJ-261

You'll also need a pair of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Coaxial-Cable-Female-SO239-PL259/dp/B00KQHH7VC

Hook those into your baofengs and you'll be just as effective on the
Satellites as you would with some homemade 'beaters.

Good luck! 73!

-Dave, KG5CCI

On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 3:19 PM Devin L. Ganger via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Greetings, programs!
>
> I'm looking to work with my son (who will be studying to get his
> Technician license later this month) on building a UHF/VHF pair of
> eggbeater antennas. I've found a few papers online, but does anyone have a
> good reference to a detailed design?
>
> Does the ARRL Antenna book latest edition have any significant coverage of
> eggbeaters at all? I have an older version that has nothing.
>
> Also, most of the designs I see are for a single band. If you're deploying
> a pair for satellite operations, do you simply attach them through a
> duplexer? I have a Diamond MX-72N that I picked up a while ago for using
> with dual Baofengs, but it's been sitting in my drawer since I picked up my
> TH-D72A. It has a 1.6~150MHz lead and a 350~460MHz lead.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers you might have.
>
>
> --
> Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG)
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