Good morning all. Last Thursday I knocked together a cantenna to test. Since I don't have an antennalyzer for anything above the 2m amateur band I just cut to the specs given on a post found here. I put it up yesterday while visiting my folks. I attached the cantenna on the collapsible fishing pole I use for my mast and then placed it on the back deck, which faces southeast. Their home sits on the bay so from sea level to the top of the antenna it was up about 24 feet. I had it online for about 4 hours and maximum distance was 211nm, 905 aircraft seen, 33,741 positions reported and 108,045 hits reported. I can't wait to see the results over a 24hr period.
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