Homemade Satellite Antennas

[shadowwalker]

The antenna most important piece of equipment used to work a satellite. With a good antenna you can use a simple scanner and achieve great results. Most of the links below are for home brew(homemade) antennas.

Great site with alot of antenna design plans from the simple to the complex.(This is the site I used to make my first antenna)
http://members.aol.com/k5oe/

This is a site for all of you who have those BUD's in you back yard just begging to be put to use.
http://www.ultimatecharger.com/dish.html

Quadrifilar Helix Antenna is a great antenna used to receive WEFAX images.
http://www.jcoppens.com/ant/qfh/index.en.php

This site has a huge index of antenna information.
http://www.ac6v.com/antprojects.htm

Have fun
Carmen
KB0YOJ
Lillington, NC

 

[BubahJim]

Thank You.

Thank you for adding this topic area!

Jim
wm8m

 

[shadowwalker]

No problem. If anyone wants to add more go right ahead. The more information and people we can get the better this fourm will be.

 

[n1wbd]

Thank you for adding this topic area!

Jim
wm8m

Thank Scott for giving it to us. I just came up with the idea for a Amateur Satellite forum.

Bob
N1WBD

 

[shadowwalker]

Thank you for adding this topic area!

Jim
wm8m

I sorry that I misunderstood what you said. I thought you where refereing to the topic of antennas.The idea of the AMSAT fourm was not mine at all, just thought I would try to add to the fourm. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
Carmen

 

[n1wbd]

I sorry that I misunderstood what you said. I thought you where refereing to the topic of antennas.The idea of the AMSAT fourm was not mine at all, just thought I would try to add to the fourm. Sorry about the misunderstanding.
Carmen

Thanks for the antenna info Carmen we need all the info we can get to get folks interested and posting stuff here.

Bob N1WBD