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[Whitetip1115]

Originally Posted by 69harley

What elevation does that shot typically call for? 40% seems pretty low to me. Do you think that is an acceptable strength, would you go across the FLOT with that as your primary?

Because it is a mantenna essentially your elevation would be parallel to the ground, assuming you have it attached to your kit or backpack.
It is really low, especially in A-stan where you can get a 100% with a 2055 pointing at the ground..
It's definitely lower than I would like and I would not run it as a primary, when it is just as easy to run a small handheld and a KDU making your sat shots near instantaneous.

I would however let a tertiary comms guy run it on his back to see if he can rx sotf comms while out on patrol.

[69harley]

Originally Posted by Whitetip1115

Because it is a mantenna essentially your elevation would be parallel to the ground, assuming you have it attached to your kit or backpack.
It is really low, especially in A-stan where you can get a 100% with a 2055 pointing at the ground..
It's definitely lower than I would like and I would not run it as a primary, when it is just as easy to run a small handheld and a KDU making your sat shots near instantaneous.

I would however let a tertiary comms guy run it on his back to see if he can rx sotf comms while out on patrol.

I was asking about the calculated angle from the ground terminal (your antenna) to the satelite, i.e. on Bragg to hit the 105 bird the elevation is approx 47 degrees. This angle does not change with the type of antenna, it simply is what it is.

If you achieved a 40% loop back score in say Afghanistan, that would not be very good at all. Terrible in fact. But a 40% in Korea, were the required elevation is very low, would be much better.