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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: mikka on November 08, 2004, 03:58:22 AM
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Hi all,
I am looking at purchasing a 30 meter wind up tower, and if i get it wanted to get 4 FM radio antennas and set them up on the tower directed North, East, South and West. Is this a good idea? And if i did it would i have to space them apart at a certain distance?
Cheers,
Michael
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Hi all,
I am looking at purchasing a 30 meter wind up tower, and if i get it wanted to get 4 FM radio antennas and set them up on the tower directed North, East, South and West. Is this a good idea? And if i did it would i have to space them apart at a certain distance?
Cheers,
Michael
Is this for listening to airband or the FM broadcast radio band?
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Gday mate,
Yeah it is for air band. Not getting the 30 meter tower now i am going to set up a 6 meter tower this weekend. But would it be good to set the FM antennas up pointing N E S W. Or would i need airband antennas?
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Gday mate,
Yeah it is for air band. Not getting the 30 meter tower now i am going to set up a 6 meter tower this weekend. But would it be good to set the FM antennas up pointing N E S W. Or would i need airband antennas?
Use airband antennas. Either that, or directional log-periodic scanner antennas covering the right frequency range. It all depends on what else you would like to monitor besides airband.
I've had good success with these:
http://www.grove-ent.com/BEAMII.html
Not sure how easy it is to get these in Australia, but surely there is some equivalent down there.
-dave
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Thanks for that info dave i will have a look to see if i can get those antennas down here in Oz, or maybey shipped from the US.
Cheers,
Michael