(meteorobs) Thomas -3 element 220 yagi

[stange]

Now I see why you said something about verticle. In the e-bay site, the 
antenna is shown verticle... but it can be rotated to horizontal 
polarization which is what I speak of. -YCS


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Branch" <pat_branch at yahoo.com>
To: "Global Meteor Observing Forum" <meteorobs at meteorobs.org>
Sent: 2009/01/23 20:23
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Thomas -3 element 220 yagi


> Personally I think you would want to go with an antenna specifically
> designed for only the 215-220 range. Extremely high gain and highly
> directional. I would point it toward an area about 100km over Mineral
> Wells TX. Instead of a vertical antenna I would go with a long
> horizontal element with a parabolic or corner reflector around it (like
> a horse trough). I would include a high gain amplifier (it does not
> even have to be low noise). You don't care about the mutipath
> reflections, just the amount of power you can get down the wire.
>
> I don't know much about the ham radio world, but I suspect if you
> cannot buy one you could build one. Maybe I can get one of my antenna
> design experts to give me an easy one...
>
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