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My newest antenna: Eggbeater II for 70cm ham radio satellite band

Hi,

after visiting our local bulding center yesterday, I assembled the Eggbeater II antenna today.

Have a look at:

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It's the 70cm version for ham radio satellites. I followed the tutorial written by ZR6AIC, Anton. You can find his tut here: http://zr6aic.blogspot.de/2013/03/building-my-eggbeater-ii-omni-leo.html

Click to enlarge. Red dots == doppler of satellites
As you can see there a few strong signals. I feel that this antenna is the best one I ever build for 70cm satellites. But let me check this out the upcomming days...

I just made a short movie that shows the performance of the antenna: