[amsat-bb] Re: 70 MPH S-band dish

2011-10-29 Thread Joe
What frequency is this for? Joe WB9SBD The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 10/29/2011 1:43 PM, Bob Bruninga wrote: Bob, You might want to consider a Helical antenna for your mobile station. It would have less wind drag and easier to rotate. Actu

[amsat-bb] Re: 70 MPH S-band dish

2011-10-29 Thread Bob Bruninga
> Bob, You might want to consider a Helical antenna > for your mobile station. It would have less wind > drag and easier to rotate. Actually, I'm beginning to think we will build our own dish. I have a 5' solid metal dish. I think we will just use it as a form and lay in some copper strips evr

[amsat-bb] Re: 70 MPH S-band dish

2011-10-27 Thread Miguel Barreiro
Bob, > We want to outfit a van with a 4' dish for Balloon Tracking live downlink > video and not have it blow off the roof at 70 MPH. > > I'm considering changing over many of our student projects to high altitude > "cubesats" that can be completed in one semester and actually LAUNCHED (by > Ple

[amsat-bb] Re: 70 MPH S-band dish

2011-10-27 Thread Jeff Yanko
I believe that would require a (ra)dome to make it aerodynamically acceptable. I would also believe it would require azimuth and elevation controls as well since the vehicle and object will be moving. 73, Jeff WB3JFS - Original Message - From: "Bob Bruninga" To: Sent: Thurs