[amsat-bb] HF and Satellite antennas on one mast?

[W3AB/GEO]

That would work. Your AZ rotor will determine how big a HF beam you can install. Don't forget to add in the Sat array for wind load. The spacing will probably be determined by your coax feed to the Sat antennas.

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On Jun 11, 2020, 08:24, at 08:24, Rich Gopstein via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>I'm considering putting up a tower to get my satellite antennas off the
>ground.  As long as I'm doing that, I'm considering putting a small HF
>beam
>up there too (maybe the 2 or 3 element SteppIR?).
>
>Has anyone done that?  Do you put the HF antenna below the AZ/EL setup?
>How much room would I leave between them?  BTW - I have the larger M2
>satellite antennas, not the LEO-pack, so the antennas are mounted near
>the
>middle of the booms, not at the ends.
>
>I imagine I'd split the G-5500 into separate AZ and EL rotators,
>placing
>the AZ rotator in the tower.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Rich, KD2CQ
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