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Old October 27th 05, 04:42 PM
Dale Parfitt
 
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Default A few Helical Antenna question

PS I would like to build 2 of these one is for 2.4ghz wireless network
and one is 432 mhz amateur band EME and or satellite work. So the 2.4ghz
version will likely never see more than 100 mW but could see as much as 1
watt. The 432 mhz version could see as much as 1000 watts, but if I did
that it would be to an array of 4 of them so I guess each one would only
see 250 watts?

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Chris W

EME on 432 is linearly polarized (although switching polarities to make up
for Faraday rotation can be advantageous) - you'll be throwing away a huge
3dB, have higher sidelobes than a well designed Yagi (nullifying the low sky
temp advantage of deep space) and less gain per boom length than a good
Yagi- all in all, a dismal choice for EME.

Dale W4OP