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

[Rich Gopstein]

Thanks. A LEO-pack might be a better choice for stacking then. Since the
coax wouldn't hang down as far. Also less wind area...



On Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 1:14 PM W3AB/GEO <w3ab at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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, 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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