[amsat-bb] Re: FT-8800R new toy

2011-03-13 Thread Ari Kosonen
2011/3/13 Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net Not wanting to reinvent the wheel. Anyone using the FT-8800R mobile for satellites have any hints or sugestions, antennas etc. Email direct-thanks. Hi, I am using FT-8900R (practically same as '8800 plus 6m and 10m) for working satellites from my car.

[amsat-bb] Re: FT-8800R new toy

2011-03-13 Thread Gregg Wonderly
For sat ops mobile, you will get the most success out of a 1/4 wave antenna on a good ground plane. It will give you a hemispherical emission pattern so that any direction in LOS is equally covered. Gregg W5GGW Sent from my iPhone On Mar 13, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Ari Kosonen