Michael Ryan wrote:
> Nate, Here’s something that I recall from some years back, an
> experience from when I lived around the Washington, D.C. area. Owen,
> then K6LEW put a 1.2hgz machine on the air in the mid to late ‘90’s. He
> first bought an AUSTIN brand fiberglass radome antenna, and as I recall
> it was in the neighborhood of 20ft long. It did not play very well and
> was unusually noisy. It was sent back to AUSTIN twice for evaluation
> with no satisfaction. He replaced that antenna with a modest antenna
> from either COMET or DIAMOND and it not only played better but the noise
> that we could only conclude came from the antenna had disappeared. - Mike
Could be. 1.2 GHz is a strange beast. Fun because it's different, but
kinda annoying too... if you're used to taking care of VHF/UHF systems.
Have to think like a microwave guy more and less like a "normal"
repeater guy.
Our commercial 1.2 GHz antennas were fiberglass sticks a lot sorter than
20', and never performed well from what I've heard.
As always, "Whatever works!"
Nate WY0X
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