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标 题: 业余卫星通信Amateur Satellite FAQ--Part IV
发信站: 紫 丁 香 (Thu Nov 27 16:37:16 1997), 转信
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Post by 哈工大业余无线电俱乐部(HIT Amateur Radio Club)
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Part IV ---Antennas
ANTENNAS:
For AO-13, the consensus is get to get KLMs, Telex/Hy-Gains, or roll-your
own, Nobody liked the Cushcraft satellite antennas - they appear to have
problems in wet weather. Bigger is also better, if you have the space.
Several people mentioned the KLM 22C and 40CX pair as excellent performers
(again - you need the room for those long booms!) KE4ZV stated his pair of
KLMs (the big ones!) lets him work AO-13 with 3 to 30 watts (hardline feed
and rigorous attention to routing the feedlines and cables properly to
maintain the antenna patterns helps, too.). Others mentioned the KLM
14C/18C pair as good performers - but you need more power on the uplink.
Telex/Hy-Gain antennas were recommended by several people as a less
expensive alternative to KLMs that work almost as well. There's also M2
(started by an engineer from KLM). While no one who responded uses them,
the information I received from a call to their factory in California
suggests they are comparable to slightly better than the KLMs in performance,
and about the same in cost. Dave, WB6LFC, said homebrewing antennas is also
feasible - it takes work, but attention to detail results in top-notch
performance for very little money. Finally, Ross, VE6PDQ, reported good
results using a pair of Cushcraft 215WBs on receive.
Problems encountered with AO-13 antennas include routing cables and
feedlines off the back of the antennas (to preserve antenna patterns), use
of fiberglass cross booms, mounting preamps as close to the feedpoint as
possible, and long antenna booms drooping. (Gary, KE4ZV, recommends using
a rope to brace the boom or stiffening booms and fiberglass masts internally
with foam-in-a-can insulation.)
On antenna rotators, it appears the Alliance UD-100 is no longer made,
though it should still show up at hamfests. People with long-boom antennas
report the Alliance rotator is too weak to move a big array anyway, and
recommended Yaesu's elevation-only rotator or their Model 5400 azimuth-
elevation unit.
Antennas for the low-altitude satellites appear to be much less critical.
J-poles were most frequently mentioned (the design from the AMSAT Journal?),
but dipoles, ground-planes, and yagis are also in use. Several people work
RS-10 quite well with antennas in the attic. Best results are with
steerable antennas, but the high operator workload during a pass (unless
the satellite is just grazing your access circle) almost demands computer
control of the rotators.
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