[amsat-bb] L band gear

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Bob,

Good thought to share L-band station inventory. You can see my sat 
antennas on my QRZ site. Station here for L-band:

Kenwood TS-790A with 1.2 GHz module (for being an antique, this radio 
works extremely well on all of the sats)
LMR 400 coax
German made helix about 2 feet long (sorry forgot the name, but 
extremely well made).

antennas are about 6 feet above ground as pictured on QRZ and 25 feet 
from rig. I am often astonished that even with the trees in the yard and 
small hills, I often catch the sats at 4 degrees. Seems like my 1.257 
MHz uplink is not very loud, but my output maybe around 5 watts. I was 
hearing AO-92 at 5 degrees this morning, but could not uplink

73 Chuck N7BFO

On 5/13/2020 9:52 AM, 73 Bob W7LRD via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi all-  I would be curious to know what "everyone" is using for L band gear.  Perhaps others would like to know.  example I run
> IC-910- at 10W
> 70 feet of LMR600
> 24 element looper yagi horizontal polarized
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