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Re: Eggbeaters ?
- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Eggbeaters ?
- From: Dave Hartzell <hartzell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 20:34:03 -0800
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Thanks all for the input....
Just one question, why is 15-degrees (or so) the magic number here
for Yagis? I have an Arrow, and if I mount that at 15 degrees, what
happens when the spacecraft is overhead? Maybe the beam-width of the
Arrow is wide enough...
Dave
On Dec 3, 2005, at 6:07 PM, Edward R. Cole wrote:
>
> Instead I would go with a small yagi or the corner reflector
> pointed up at
> 15-degrees (or so) and rotatable in azimuth. If using linear
> polarity it
> probably matters little if you chose Vertical or Horizontal so pick
> what is
> easy to construct.
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