Re: [amsat-bb] Newbie Q & A - SUCCESS!!!

[Sil <zl2cia@xxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,
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couple of VK3s. Altitude was 40 degrees. Ran inside and found no sign
on the inside receiver. First lesson: the cable from the fixed 1/4 wave
on the roof to the inside receiver has too much attenuation at 435MHz (I
will not tell you what cable I am using - you will only laugh :-).
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Cable attenuation is a real problem. Use the shortest runs of the best 
cable you can afford. Even when I knew how important good cable was, I was 
still amazed at the improvement I achieved when I replaced my antenna feeds 
with high quality coax.

Sil - ZL2CIA

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