[amsat-bb] Re: G5400 woes

[Ronald Long <rlong3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 > my question is why would you do that?
 > There's nothing gained by placing a sat assembly way up in the air;

I beg to differ. My antennas are on a 40ft tower. It allows me to get above 
trees, adjacent houses, etc. and work DX at very low satellite angles, 
essentially 360 degree coverage down to 0 elevation. I admit that my HF 
antenna and rotator (on a separate 80ft tower) is more reliable. To deal 
with the reliability issues of the satellite system, the satellite tower 
has a Hazer elevator which allows me to bring it down to ground level with 
ease. The only downside is that I can't use hardline on that tower.

ron w8gus 

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