Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 04:30:39 PST From: Ham-Space Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Space-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Space@UCSD.Edu Precedence: List Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #310 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Thu, 3 Nov 94 Volume 94 : Issue 310 Today's Topics: Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Space Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-space". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2 Nov 1994 02:16:55 GMT From: little@iamu.chi.dec.com (Todd Little) References<1994Oct31.021040.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> , <1994Oct31.195548.844@ke4zv.atl.ga.us> Reply-To: little@iamu.chi.dec.com (Todd Little) Subject: Re: Contacting the MIR. Help! In article <1994Oct31.195548.844@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes: |> The only time the crossed |>dipole has the edge is in direct overhead passes. Those are relatively rare, |>and the amount of time the sat is directly over any given spot is a very |>short time compared to the total time you'll be in it's footprint. In addition, when the bird is close to being directly overhead, it is also as close as it is going to get, i.e. minimal path loss, so you don't need as much gain. So as Gary suggests, an antenna with a closer to the horizon pattern where you need the gain is a better bet. 73, Todd N9MWB ------------------------------ End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #310 ******************************