Re: [amsat-bb] NEW TO SATELLITES - HELP

["Drew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Try a turnstile, eggbeater, quadrafiliar helix or Lindenblad.  These
should
> give better results.  I sometimes use a 2 element Yagi (handheld) which
> gives excellent results on RS-12.
>

A 1/4 wave vertical actually works pretty well on mid elevation passes and
is lot easy to start out building. Also, try K5OE's homepage for good
antenna designs for leos.

Drew, KO4MA

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