Personally I just use my Arrow II hand held yagi and my Yaesu VX-7R for working satellites. Its a little challenging doing this without a tripod, but if it was easy it wouldn't be as fun.
~73, KC2WQW On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Jim Walls <j...@k6ccc.org> wrote: > Jacob Tennant wrote: > > I have a set of M2 loops antennas for 2 meters & 70cm and from reading > their website they state that they are good LEO antennas. So I was wondering > what the consensus is from anyone that has tried them. > > > > I understand that they won't be as good as a CP beam setup on a az/el > rotator, but since I have nothing up as of yet hoping they will at least let > me get started, was also hoping to use them for a mobile satellite setup as > well... > > > > Jacob, > They will work, but understand that you will be dealing with a VERY > WEAK signal. In my opinion, not the best for a starter antenna. An > experienced operator who knows what they are getting into, and is > willing (or desiring) the extra challenge can do fine with them. I have > used a set of those loops for mobile operations, but I also have > thousands of satellite QSOs in my log, and I know what I can and cannot > do with them. > > -- > 73 > ------------------------------------- > Jim Walls - K6CCC > j...@k6ccc.org > Ofc: 818-548-4804 > http://home.earthlink.net/~k6ccc <http://home.earthlink.net/%7Ek6ccc> > AMSAT Member 32537 - WSWSS Member 395 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
