I installed one of these a few months ago, in place of my 20-turn Wimo helix. Both are nice antennas, but I'll give the edge to the M2 yagi (more gain and it mounts balanced on the elevation boom). I have mine with vertical polarity. Since AO-51 is linear on L-band, it shouldn't matter--but putting that little antenna horizontal in line with my metal boom didn't seem to make much sense....
73, Mark N8MH On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Stan, W1LE <stanw...@verizon.net> wrote: > M2 makes a 35 element 1296 MHz yagi, on about a 6' boom. > individual elements are insulated "thru the boom" with keepers. > Folded dipole driven element. > I used 2 each stacked vertically for AO-40. Yes, they are pointy. > > Stan, W1LE Cape Cod FN41sr > > > > On 9/22/2010 1:52 AM, Art McBride wrote: >> Greg, >> I would keep the one that works the best. >> I have been disappointed in the performance of long boom Yagi's for UHF. >> Resistance loss in the elements often reduces the gain by several dB over >> calculated gain. Also they are very narrow band, the helix is good for an >> octave. >> Art, >> KC6UQH >> -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] _______________________________________________ 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
