May I also throw in the IOio antenna? I built mine out of PVC pipe and copper tubing and had my first sat QSO on AO-7 with it. Cost was about $15 - $20 as well.
http://personales.ya.com/ea4cax/paginaea4cyq/Antenaioio/ioioingles.pdf 73 Mike K5TRI On Aug 21, 2011, at 2:13 PM, Clint Bradford wrote: >>> ... my F6a and a slightly-better-than-stock ducky ... > > You can get into the world of much higher gain for under $20 ... Build > yourself a tape measure beam! That scratchy signal you heard from ARISSat-1 > would have been BOOMING into your TH-F6a! > > Plans all over the Web ... My visitors have enjoyed the one I have posted on > the ANTENNAS page at ... > > http://www.work-sat.com > > Clint Bradford, K6LCS > 909-241-7666 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
