Wow... many many answers !! Well, everybody seems to be agree that preamp are a "must", and the first thing to add in my setup.
I bought, at a great price, 2 "second hand" and near perfect eggbeater antenna from a ham here in province of Quebec who would like to upgrade to a more serious setup. Ok now, I just ordered 2 preamps from Advanced Research... VHF and UHF. I will put them in an wheater proof enclosure near my eggbeater antennas..... the closer I can.... in an PVC enclosure... because I bought standard one. I received today from a friend of mine, a brand new 50 meters 1/2" heliax coil.... I will be able to change my 2 old coax runs with this. And finally, I will use my 2 FT-817 with SatPC32.... seems to work perfectly at this moment... the 2 rigs are controlled simultaniously RX & TX.... a great piece of software !! I hope I will be able to do a step further soon.... to have a contact !!! 73 J-F VA2SS Jean-François Ménard a écrit : > Hi, > > I would like to know if there is much difference using a preamp for > satellite receiving using a M2 Eggbeater antenna ? > > And also, is there much difference between a heliax 0.5" and a RG-8 > on a 50 feet cable run between the antenna and the radio ? > > I would really like to optimize my receiving quality but I also want > to know where to put all my effort first. > > I'm new and I cannot invest much money the first year. > > Thank to all for your advice. > > 73 > > --- > Jean-François Ménard > VA2SS > > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
