Re: [amsat-bb] Homebuilt Arrow Antennas?

[John Mock <kd6pag@xxxxxxx>]

> If anyone knows of homebuilt Arrow type antennas please let me know ....  I
> will share what I do and what I've learned...

I have a comparable design and planned to write it up quite some time ago.  My
intent was to have it distribute and/or published after we had resources to
support additional users.  I had hoped that at least two of JAWSAT, ASUSAT 
and STENSAT would be usable.  So i've gotten discouraged (and have been too
busy with a work to keep up even with QSLing), so i haven't completed the
testing of construction instructions.  I'm still waiting to see what happens
with the SAUDISAT-1 and SAUDISAT-2, but absent that, i don't want to do 
anything to make the over-crowding problems of AO-27 and UO-14 (in the 
'States at least) worse.  I remember well a brief trip to England where
i was hoping to make a transatlantic contact and couldn't get into the 
UO-14 at all on the two passes i tried (and i did hear an FNxx station
on the pass i was best set up to try).  If/when more users isn't going 
to lead to more frustration, i'll write it up.  Meanwhile, Arrow makes 
a great product and i wouldn't want to compete with them in any case.

                             -- KD6PAG

P.S. Cards go out when i get a new QTH.  Maybe then you might hear me on
again.
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