Simple wxsat antenna

Analoguesat · Mar 13, 2017

No fancy qfr or turnstile antenna here - a couple of bent antenna elements & a chocbloc connector plus the usual cables connectors etc! ANd getting usable results despite using linear polarisation instead of rhcp!

LNA for all: DIY 137 MHz WX SAT V-dipole antenna

Channel Hopper · Mar 13, 2017

2 metre was always an easy catch with a couple of coathangers.

Analoguesat · Mar 14, 2017

Im tempted to have a go at this - the fancy QFR antenna was really beyond my construction abilities but even I cant bollix up two bent rods stuffed in a chocbloc connector

Lazarus · Mar 14, 2017

..... Oh yes you can .....

Channel Hopper · Mar 14, 2017

That is all most 'professional' antennas are

So far I've been able to pickup clear signals from 25mhz to about 900mhz. My dongle caps out at 1.7ghz and i think i saw a few signals from cellphones up there but nothing remarkable.

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Simple wxsat antenna

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