Re: [amsat-bb] Egg Beater Antennas and AO-40

["David M. Tipton, PhD" <tiptond@xxxxxxx>]

Why not just build a pair?  $20 a pair...  IF that's not good enough, build 
a second set and  wire  them opposite, so you have RH/LH polarization and 
then put them on a 30 Degree Angle with a AZ Rotor...  Wait.. K5OE already 
did this with great sucess.... :Grin:

It won't compare to my 2MCP14 + 436CP30, however, I bet you'll have 
reliable communications.  You might want to pick up a good 70cm Brick and a 
2M Preamp.

Dave


>I believe the eggbeaters cost around $200/each.  Two arrow beams would cost
>half that and you could mount them on a wood "broomstick" cross beam
>withone H other V and feed 90 deg out of phase for circular pol {alt mount
>them / and \}.  This should net you around 5 dB better signal up and down!
>
>my two cents ;-)
>
>Ed
>Using four 20 element H/V 2m yagis {19 dBi} and one M2-436CP42 on
>70cm...just to brag ;-)  Course I got 5 acres in the country!
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