Linear antennas work fine. I'm using a concentric dual band quad (4 el 2m
with 8 el 70cm nested inside it) on HAMSAT and rx sigs are S-7 with an S 0.5
noise level on my FT-847 (80' LMR-400 feedline). Takes no more than 10w
uplink power. Very nicely working mode B transponder!

73,

....hasan, N0AN
"Scott" wrote in message
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Is anybody on this newsgroup using the new (Indian) Hamsat? I've been
listening to it while mobile with an M^2 Ho Loop antenna and hear it quite
well. Haven't tried to uplink through it yet. Would a linear Yagi on
each band be OK? There isn't much info on this new bird yet. Just
wondering if it is using circular polarization or linear or what.
I would like to try a QSO through it for Field Day. Maybe a regular old
Yagi (or Quagi since I have one for 432) mounted on a makeshift az-el
setup and put the 2M and 70 cm antennas at right angles to each other to
cut down on the 432 getting to the 2M receiver and overloading it?
Ideas???

Scott
N0EDV