Re: RE:[amsat-bb] AO-51 S band antenna]

["Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree it doesn't take much, but that was actually Walt's 2.4 ghz signal 
source with the little whip. He was using that to calibrate where his 
downconverter output was....

Walt did get good reception with both a flat panel WiFi antenna, and some 
sort of little commercial patch in a radome.

73, Drew KO4MA

> Regarding antenna gain, at the Dayton Hamvention, Walt, K0CEH was getting 
> good copy with a 1/4 wave "whip" (i.e. a paper clip) as seen in 
> http://www.pbase.com/tomcat/image/43947504. 
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