Modified Wifi Grid Dish For GOES Weather Satellite
Moved the secondary reflector away from the dipole until I hit the lowest SWR possible at 1694 MHz, and covered the entire dish and secondary reflector with aluminium foil to increase its overall surface area. I'm wondering though if I missed the focal point after moving the reflector out, but that's a problem for future me. I'm still waiting for my Nooelec GOES LNA to arrive and then everything is up to go.
[Additional Info] I'm situated in New Zealand and GOES-18 & GK-2A are both at a relatively low elevation (less than 25°) so I figured adding foil should improve my gain a bit. This is my first L-Band antenna so I would love to hear any suggestions for my project. Hope this thing works. Thanks
u/SpecialistFun6716 — 6 days ago