At 08:49 AM 8/2/01 -0500, Jim wrote:
>Gotta reply to this ...
>
>A 1/4 wave radiator DOES NOT radiate straight
>up. As a matter of fact, this is where *minimum*
>radiation takes place. Any antenna handbook
>will easily bear me out on this.

You're right, I disremembered.
However, the 5/8 is still better at concentrating power twoard the horizon,
than the 1/4 wave.

The 1/4 wave works out well for working spacecraft, because it has moderate
gain above the horizon, and as the Sc passes overhead, the antenna null is
roughly compensated for by the drop in range.

Haven't tried ISS, but I worked MIR a few times, before it went into
geosink orbit.

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