Hi Rick, I know Kent's site very well. Used to do a lot of VHF rovering and just about all my antennas were "cheap" yagis. They work great and you can't beat the cost. Anyway, I'm in need of a 2.4GHz antenna for S mode downlink on AO-51. Kent's cheap yagi antenna designs don't go up that high.
73 Matt W5LL On 9/10/2010 10:28 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Matt, > > Try Kent Britain's (WA5VJB) Site. I made my 144/435 Antenna from his plans > for under $20.00. Works like a charm& easy to build. > > He's got plans for various bands including 1296Mhz. A good resource. > > http://www.wa5vjb.com/yagi-pdf/cheapyagi.pdf > > 73 > Rick > K7TEJ > > ---- Matt Patterson<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Thanks to everyone for all of your responses. It looks like I have >> found a downconverter. Next question... Does anyone have any ideas on >> a cheap and easy homebrew antenna? Would a "cantenna" work for a small >> portable setup? I'm trying to do this as cheaply as possible as AO-51 >> isn't in this mode very often. >> >> 73 Matt >> W5LL >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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
