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Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 04:30:39 PST
From: Ham-Space Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-space@ucsd.edu>
Errors-To: Ham-Space-Errors@UCSD.Edu
Reply-To: Ham-Space@UCSD.Edu
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Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #310
To: Ham-Space
Ham-Space Digest Thu, 3 Nov 94 Volume 94 : Issue 310
Today's Topics:
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policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there.
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Date: 2 Nov 1994 02:16:55 GMT
From: little@iamu.chi.dec.com (Todd Little)
References<1994Oct31.021040.1@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg> <n7ryw.32.00171C3C@teleport.com>, <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
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