You would be better served with a "Potato Masher" for your purpose. You may
view the info at http://members.aol.com/k5oe/

"philnyc" wrote in message
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Hello everyone,

I would greatly appreciate any advice in subject of choosing a vertical
antenna for satellite operations. I can hear VO-52 / FO-29 5-7 / 5-9
using my mobile antenna NR 770 H fix on a mast 9ft above the ground.

I am cosidering builing a Super J-Pole antenna.
http://www.n7qvc.com/amateur_radio/copper.html

Do you think that this vertical will be sufficient to bounce 50W of
signal back to Earth of the satellite ? If not , what other homebrew
antenna will be fine for this purpose ?

Thank you for your helpful response .

Phil