a coat hanger will some what work also.
But I really guess that age old saying of -
you get what you pay for
Best sums it up.
In a Dirty Harry voice -
do you want it to just work or work great?
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Tnx to all for useful replies. I'm now going to do a bit more research
before striking out to build something I haven't yet tried on the says
- either quagie or moxon or both. Spring had to be coming!
On Sunday, January 23, 2011, Rocky Jones orbit...@hotmail.com wrote:
Rick.
on the cheap
Hi Rick, I too tried the eggbeaters and found them worthless. Also tried a
commercial made quadrifilar rx from antenna.us. then...
In the ARRL Satellite Handbook found the Moxon turnstile for the LEOs. Being
a fan of Moxons, I have built both the tx and rx and am quite please with
performance
Rick.
on the cheap antenna front I've tried and had pretty good success with two
things.
First there is a 5 element Yagi design that was published in QST that
uses/modifies an Archer 5 element FM yagi. I built one and added some 70 cm
elements 90 out of phase and thats worked great. My
