[amsat-bb] Left /Right Hand polarization ...

2009-07-25 Thread John Papay
Myles, AO51 435.300 is right hand circular polarization (RHCP). AO51 435.150 is left hand (LHCP). If you try to hear a LHCP signal with a RHCP antenna that is really right hand, you will have a drop in signal that can exceed 20db. This will make the downlink unreadable at low elevations. You

[amsat-bb] Left /Right Hand polarization ...

2009-07-24 Thread myles landstein
hi Am in the planning stages of designing a satellite setup and decided on M2 2m and 430 antennas. They are RHCP out of the box , but I can buy a kit to enable them to switch between that and LHCP. It's kinda expensive and since I am inxperienced in this