Larry, You did not mention your budget, but if you want to talk to some knowledgeable folks here in SoCal (Westlake Village, CA) that make portable low profile antennaes for mobile applications - try this website, to find contact info:
http://www.optim-microwave.com/ If they cannot help you, they may know where to find what you want. Tim McGrath Communications Industry Consultant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Keeney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 3:10 PM Subject: [SOCALWUG] Re: Satellite antenna? > > If you are looking for portable high gain satellite antennas, that you can > build yourself, then look at the Amateur Radio community. > > Do a Google search for "AO40 portable umbrella antenna", AO40 being the name > of a past Amateur Radio Satellite. One of the designs I've considered is > this one (rotator not needed): > http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/ao40ant.html and > http://www.g6lvb.com/brollydish.htm > > There are many more. > > I've been thinking of doing exactly the same thing. Wildblue > <http://www.wildblue.com> has some attractive rates for usage in the US but > all their equipment is designed for stationary mounting. > > > Frank Keeney > Blog: http://www.unwiredadventures.com > Work: http://www.wlanparts.com > Photos: http://snurl.com/unwirephotos > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Press > > > > > > Folks, > > > > Has anyone seen a collapsable antenna that could be used with > > a satellite > > Internet service like http://www.hughesnet.com/? Are the reflectors > > detachable? > > > > Would it be very difficult to fabricate one? > > > > > > Larry Press > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
