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- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 94 04:30:39 PST
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- Ham-Space Digest Thu, 3 Nov 94 Volume 94 : Issue 310
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- Date: 2 Nov 1994 02:16:55 GMT
- From: little@iamu.chi.dec.com (Todd Little)
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- 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!
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- In article <1994Oct31.195548.844@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman) writes:
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- |> 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.
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- 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.
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- 73,
- Todd
- N9MWB
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