Tommyastro
join:2004-01-18
Poughkeepsie, NY
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Satellite Users & Antennas
Look into the Arrow handheld beam. A LOT of people use them. I may have to get myself one. Be aware, there are a number of sat hogs on the air, it's not easy getting through on the birds. Just keep at it.
»www.arrowantennas.com/146-437.html
Tom - KB2SMS |
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Axilla
Finger, Finger
Premium,Mod
join:2001-03-26
Schofield, WI
clubs: | Cant say I have used his sat antenna, however the Arrow Antenna's are built very well and are very robust. Thats my experience at least with their 2m/440 jpoles. |
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drjim
Premium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Torrance, CA
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| I've got an Arrow I use for portable ops, and they're nicely made. One "dirty little secret" about them is the 70cm elements are about 1/2" too short. They were modeled by several people based on the 'as-shipped' dimensions, and those dimension scale perfectly for elements that are insulated from the boom. Since the elements go *through* the boom, they wind up being too short! I got some threaded 1/4" thick aluminum spacers, and add one under each element before I put it together, and the gain is noticeably improved on 70cm.
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Axilla
Finger, Finger
Premium,Mod
join:2001-03-26
Schofield, WI
clubs: | IS that the jpole or a the yagi you are talking about? |
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drjim
Premium,MVM
join:2000-06-13
Torrance, CA
clubs: | The dual-band Yagi. |
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jlramirez
Premium
join:2004-10-01
Montgomery, IL
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said by drjim  : Since the elements go *through* the boom, they wind up being too short! I got some threaded 1/4" thick aluminum spacers, and add one under each element before I put it together, and the gain is noticeably improved on 70cm. I read about that with them (electrically being part of the boom instead of insulated as per the design they were modeled after). I'll have to try it with my Arrow and see the difference.
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jlramirez
Premium
join:2004-10-01
Montgomery, IL
clubs:
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March 31st, @07:43AM
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said by Tommyastro :Look into the Arrow handheld beam. A LOT of people use them. I may have to get myself one. Be aware, there are a number of sat hogs on the air, it's not easy getting through on the birds. Just keep at it. » www.arrowantennas.com/146-437.htmlTom - KB2SMS I have one of the Arrow antennas that I use with my HT and have used with the mobile... Looking for something more permanent with my radio in my home office that won't require constant movement/intervention by me. Finally looking to start dabbling with the packet side of the sats and still the LEOs...
As for the hogs, I like to find the passes that are late, during the day or other odd hours...I avoid the weekends for that reason...
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