[amsat-bb] Re: Satpc32 and Azimuth only > rotors? Functional?

2011-02-08 Thread Bill Dzurilla
Zach, I use a single 2' long Elk antenna with 15 degrees fixed elevation. It works well. See photos at: http://www.myhamshack.com/NZ5N/Pictures/. Some suggest 20 or even 30 degrees fixed elevation but that's too much. You want low fixed elevation so you will have good gain on sats when they

[amsat-bb] Re: Satpc32 and Azimuth only rotors? Functional?

2011-02-09 Thread Bruce Robertson
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:38 PM, zach hillerson wrote: > I am getting closer to putting my first satellite base station together (in > lieu of the Arrow that I am currently using) and am giving serious > consideration to a fixed 15* antenna setup such as the Gulf Alpha designs.  > Having never