[Ground-station] 10GHz Omnitracks Antennas - Balloon Launch

[Steve Stroh]

I have an Omnitracs terminal of 1980s or so vintage. (For those with long
memories, my unit was the backup unit to the one installed on Steven
Roberts N4RVE’s BEHEMOTH.) It’s complete - the antenna is still integrated
into the outdoor terminal unit. I’d be willing to loan it, including
shipping it out (continental US) on the condition that if it’s disassembled
to do detailed measurements of the antenna, that it’s reassembled prior to
shipping it back to me, and it’s returned postpaid.

Also, the primary unit, installed on BEHEMOTH, is on display at the
Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Perhaps with some polite
requests and perhaps an inside contact...

Steve N8GNJ

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 16:44 Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station
<ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:

> I asked Kerry N6IZW if he had any of the old Omnitracks antennas and he's
> going to check.
>
> If he has one, and if it works, then we can measure or 3D scan it and
> construct additional ones.
>
> He thought it stood a good chance of being the right type of antenna for a
> balloon launch given what he knows of the pattern.
>
> -Michelle W5NYV
>
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