I'll have to reiterate what others have said about having great luck using my Arrow II and a camera tripod. It works great.
Thanks, Josh Smith KD8HRX email/jabber: juice...@gmail.com phone: 304.237.9369(c) On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 9:03 AM, John Ronan <jpron...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 4 May 2010, at 12:56, Peter Portanova wrote: > >> Ron, >> >> I really like your message, "if it was easy it wouldn't be as fun". > > Thinking along those lines > > Speaking for a "Non" satellite station point of view. I saw on here (I > think) that the power level was going to be slightly higher for the current > schedule. I have an FT-847 and a 6m/2m/70cms omni on the roof. I also have > a 2m/70cms pre-amp near the antenna. On a pass yesterday morning, I could > hear AO-51 reasonably well (when folks weren't keying over one another) so I > dropped my call-sign into a small gap. 4 contacts later (and one on the next > pass), I'm still smiling. > > Looking for a cheap rotator now suitable to hold a small beam for VHF/UHF. > Actually I have a Mini-kits L-band LNA. Any pointers for a simple to > construct antenna? > > Regards > de John > EI7IG > _______________________________________________ > 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
