Good freaking grief! Are you kidding me? AMSAT-BB is why I have more "crow's feet."
It's -his- money. The last paragraph actually states that he was making SSB and FM contacts. Does it -matter- if he uses a preamp on FM, SSB, or freaking two cans and a string? Joel, W4JBB On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:13 PM, Clint Bradford <[email protected]>wrote: > I read that article, and when I got to the last of it and he mentioned that > he was using a pre-amp for working the FM birds, I wondered out loud: > "Why???" > > We're working '27, '50, and '51 with HTs and meager antenna improvements. > Better yet, build a tape measure Yagi - you can realize great gain with > about six bucks of parts. Note that I haven't mentioned, "Buy a pre-amp" > anywhere. I was considering building one of those antennas mentioned in QST > last month - until I read that he was using a pre-amp. > > I'll just stick with what works for me ... home-brew or commercial Yagis > ... a log periodic every now and then ... and no pre-amp anywhere. > > Clint, K6LCS > http://www.work-sat.com > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Joel Black jbblack(at)charter.net _______________________________________________ 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
