[MAMS] 5.7 GHz antennas

[mike Kana]

Hi
My first microwave band was 5.7 due to the amount of surplus gear available.  My antenna
was a 2ft dish with a N to WR137 flange bolted at the feed.

I understand a plain WG flange is not optimized - I believe I would have to make up
a small horn flare to optimize for the dish but with that feed, I have worked across
lake Michigan from 40 miles inland to a station in the central part of MI.  I will move
to a W2IMU feed next.

73 de Mike
AA9IL



________________________________
 From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
To: Mid-America Microwave Society <mams at mailman.qth.net> 
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [MAMS] 5.7 GHz antennas
 

Hi Danny,

Not sure about preferred, but a dish 24 inches in diameter or bigger with a
decent feed should do well. I used an 18 inch dish with a WA3RMX tri-band
feed for some years and then went to a 24 inch dish. The WA3RMX feed works
well but isn't optimized for 5760. If you're going single band, a W2IMU or
Clavin feed should work very well.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Danny Pease <dpease at adams.net> wrote:

> I am curious, what is the most preferred antenna for a fixed station on 5.7
> GHz?
>
> Danny NG9R
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