Hi all,
My name is John Gonyaw. I have recently been attempting to set up a dual dipole
antenna and have a few questions about the configuration given my current latitude.
I am a bit confused on whether to use a phasing cable for the south dipole, as
the manual states one is needed for northern hemisphere observers when Jupiter
is at southern declinations, though after checking, I have found it is in
northern declinations at my current position. The confusion arises when viewing
Fig. 3.8 in the manual that provides an image of the phasing cable attached, but
was hoping to clarify that this would not be the case if Jupiter is at northern
declinations.
Another question arose when choosing the beam patterns for a dual dipole array.
I was hoping to gather the most gain, and noticed the evalvation angles given
for each were not close to the maximium or average elevation angle of Jupiter
for my given latitude. I had found the maximum elavation angle for Jupiter at 40
degrees N to be about 72, and the only close value for elevation angle was 60
degrees. I was curious about how close the two values should be, or if the
elevation angle was incorrectly calculated.
I have also attached images of the given elevation angle for Jupiter and dual
dipole configurations.
Thank you!
Kind Regards,
John Gonyaw

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