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

[Gabriel Zeifman]

Arrow II antenna. In your hand... Any yagi. In your hand... I operate
portable in Southeast Alaska, which as far as weather is like Western
Washington but colder, wetter, and in general more severe. And I use an
Arrow, in my hands, winter, summer, whatever...

73,
Gabe
AL6D/VE6NJH


On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 1:08 PM Devin L. Ganger via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> Resending this to the list, instead of just to Sean. Sorry, Sean!
>
> I have an Elk for my D72A and that works fine when the weather cooperates.
> Note below where I say I *replaced* the Baofengs - they're no longer in
> play, for anyone named David Swanson who cares to take a swipe at me for
> those.
>
> For those times when it doesn't (I live in Western Washington, so that's
> quite a bit) I'm building something to mount on top of the house to use
> with my Yaesu 857D until I can afford a rotator + M2 LEO pack or something
> similar. We just bought our house, have two kids in college, and are
> actively trying to get out of debt within the next year, so just going and
> buying a ton of expensive hardware is not in the budget at this time.
> Otherwise I would be asking about towers. :)
>
> I understand that the eggbeaters have their flaws, but I've read claims
> that the Eggbeater-II design (which is more Moxon-like from what I
> understand) offers better gain at the horizon than either the pure
> eggbeater or Moxon. Is this not the case?
>
>
> --
> Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG)
> email: devin at thecabal.org
> web: Devin on Earth
> cell: +1 425.239.2575
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ted Krempa <k7trkradio at charter.net>
> > Sent: Friday, May 3, 2019 1:56 PM
> > To: Devin L. Ganger <devin at thecabal.org>; AMSAT BB <amsat-
> > bb at amsat.org>
> > Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] ARRL Antenna book, eggbeater antenna designs
> >
> > Hi Devin, frankly the 'eggbeater' days have come and gone in the
> efficiency
> > dept.
> >
> > Attached is an article from QST on the Moxon turnstile, a much better
> option.
> > Better than that is an Elk on a 'rat shack rotor at 15-20 deg fixed el.
> >
> > If interested, I can send you my files direct on either
> >
> > 73, Ted
> > K7TRK
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Devin
> > L.
> > Ganger via AMSAT-BB
> > Sent: Friday, May 3, 2019 1:19 PM
> > To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] ARRL Antenna book, eggbeater antenna designs
> >
> > 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)
> > email: devin at thecabal.org<mailto:devin at thecabal.org>
> > web: Devin on Earth<http://www.devinonearth.com/>
> > cell: +1 425.239.2575
> >
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