[amsat-bb] feeding CP antennas

[Bob Hammond]

That's how I do mine....droop off the back.

Bob W7OTJ

On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 3:20 PM Cathryn Mataga via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

> I thought the manual for the M2 antenna specifically warned about this.
> That the feed line should droop off the back?  Last time I monkeyed up
> with antennas, I even made this change.  Not sure if this made a
> difference, though, as I had another issue that turned out to be my real
> problem.
>
> On 9/20/2020 5:07 PM, Jim Walls via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > On 09/20/2020 12:50, Gary via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> >> I always ran my feedline along the boom of the antenna to the
> >> crossboom. Then along the crossboom back to the AZ/EL rotator with a
> >> loop around the rotator.
> >
> > Same here.
> >
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