Hello,
The problem could be an old discone with old 60 foot long feedline. I am
happy that I can at least get something.
I have been reading up on the antennas and noticed the X-Wing type is
what I know as a turnstile antenna. I built a 2-Meter one for Mode A in
the 1980s. I may build one
Hi Eric,
That's a bit less signal than I'd expect if you have a line-of-sight to the
satellites and a low local noise floor in that band (the likely culprit). OTOH,
if you're getting any signal at all with a discone, you should be in great
shape with a proper satcom antenna.
I've managed to
Matt Blaze's web page about this says:
"an outdoor antenna with a radiation pattern favoring the satellite
is virtually mandatory. A specially-designed circularly polarized
directional antenna (such as are used by the military) is ideal but
not essential. I have not found receiver
Hello,
I thought I would give listening to the UHF Milsat listening a shot with
the R8600 and old discone. I had to turn on the preamp in the R8600, but
I was able to hear the Brazilian pirates on 255.550 MHz FM. The signals
are not quite full-quieting with some not that strong. The signals
