Ok I am a complete Newb but here goes. I brought a cheap RTL-SDR play I have managed to get it going ok, sort of and now making a folded dipole for Airband centred on 124Mhz. Just wondering what is the best Polarisation to mount it. Good thing is I am close to an International airport just off to the side of the usual appoach flight path. They touch down just less than a K from my house! (Good thing I love aircraft I guess most aircraft would be horizontaly polarised or are they? But guess many air ground comms would be vertical. I have spotted that some antennas near the end of the runway are horizontal.
Which might be the best way to go?
I intend to use a TV 300 to 75 ohm balun and RG 11 coax from my C band Sat TV experimenting days. Would soldering a 50 ohm PL 259 or 50 ohm N connector on the end cause much loss?
On the Calculator I used to make it- Dipole The conection side has one leg slightly longer than the other. Why is that? I would of thought it would be slap bang in the middle.
Many thanks
Which might be the best way to go?
I intend to use a TV 300 to 75 ohm balun and RG 11 coax from my C band Sat TV experimenting days. Would soldering a 50 ohm PL 259 or 50 ohm N connector on the end cause much loss?
On the Calculator I used to make it- Dipole The conection side has one leg slightly longer than the other. Why is that? I would of thought it would be slap bang in the middle.
Many thanks