I have used a Cushcraft 13B2 (13 elements) on 2m and a Cushcraft 719B (19 elements) on 70cm on the satellites with no problem. Didn't experience either as being too narrow beamwidth for sat use.
73s John AA5JG --- On Mon, 11/30/09, wrb <[email protected]> wrote: > From: wrb <[email protected]> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Icom 910H vs Kenwood TS2000 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 2:11 PM > Your antenna plan is not bad, you > just to make sure that their pointing > (direction) are reasonably accurate. The larger the array, > the higher > the gain, the more narrow the beam width. The 11 element > array pointing > comment was just to be sure that that individual was > reasonably close to > the direction of the bird. Off pointed and he could be > experiencing the > problem he is seeing of not hearing the bird(s). If was > meant only as > another suggestion to look at. > > When I get my rotator fixed, I plan on putting the KLM two > meter 22 > element and 70 cm 40 element arrays back up. They worked > extremely well > on AO-7 and the HEOs that once circled the heavens. > > Reid, W4UPD > > > Tom wrote: > > Thanks for all of the great information. Since both > the TS2000 and IC910H > > have been around a while I believe that most of their > 'problems' have been > > at least discovered. So, in that respect, I'm leaning > away from the "still > > to be debugged" IC-9100. Also new rigs always are > priced high in the > > beginning of their life, as we all know. I know that > some of the ham dealers > > are offering "Closeout" prices on the 910H but I > didn't see much difference > > from previous pricing. > > > > Not to prolong this thread but Jerry's append (below) > brings up another > > question. How much antenna is "too much" for satellite > operation. Someone > > earlier mentioned that an 11 element yagi might have a > beam width too narrow > > to closely follow an LEO bird. I had planned on using > yagis with 13 elements > > on 2M and 18 els on 70cm. Is that a bad plan? > > > > Thanks again. > > Tom, KØTW > > > > > >> Hi; I have owned the Ft-736 R and the Ft-847, > which I am using now. > >> No matter > which rig you decide to buy the most important thing > >> is > the antenna system. > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
