[amsat-bb] Re: Home Brew antenna question.

[Al Bolduc <a.bolduc@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, john heath wrote:

> A question for antenna home brew experts.
>
> WA5VJB has some great designs for easy build "cheap yagi's",  problem is they are optimised for the wrong end of the band for satellite use.
>
> The 70cms version is designed for 432MHz
> If I scale the element lengths and spacings by 432/436 will that move the antenna up in frequency to 436
>
> Appreciate that its probably academic for receive, but it significant for transmitting.
>
> 73 John
>
> G7HIA
>

The last section has a 435 description.

Al

#  Al Bolduc - a.bolduc@comcast.net - ka1as@amsat.org
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