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Cheap L-BAND patch antenna (for inmarsat?)
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 11:58 am
by Jekko
Hello,
on the Facebook page of SDRPLAY i saw this product
https://www.sdr-kits.net/L-Band-Receive%20Antenna
The productor claims that the product is tested only for the Sdrplay receivers.
I have a rsp1a.
My questions are:
Is this product suitable for INMARSAT reception?
Does someone have this antenna and saw that it works?
Thank you very much
Re: Cheap L-BAND patch antenna (for inmarsat?)
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:54 pm
by mikeladd
I just ordered one and will let you know.
Give it some time to get to the states.
Re: Cheap L-BAND patch antenna (for inmarsat?)
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2019 9:05 pm
by Jekko
Thank you so much, Mike. It's kind by your side
Re: Cheap L-BAND patch antenna (for inmarsat?)
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 7:49 pm
by mikeladd
No problem at all. I am curious to see what I can pick up in the L-Band with this antenna here in South Florida.
Re: Cheap L-BAND patch antenna (for inmarsat?)
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:53 am
by Jekko
Matthew Miller from FB got the l-band antenna and have been so kind to put a review, and it seems to work great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRXWhk9Gf1g
He mounted the l-band antenna over a drain pipe because "someone on Facebook" *whistles*
asked him to give us an idea of how it works without a dish.
I am waiting for my antenna, i am so curious to see if it works for me
Re: Cheap L-BAND patch antenna (for inmarsat?)
Posted: Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:34 pm
by g1hbe
I picked up a cheap active L-band patch antenna from an online seller and stuck it in place of the driven element of a homebew 1500 MHz yagi. Pic attached. Second pic is some of the stuff I received. The antenna was indoors and beaming through a brick wall, I'm sure it would have been a lot better outdoors.
Re: Cheap L-BAND patch antenna (for inmarsat?)
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:18 am
by mikeladd
Jekko
I received both GPS patch antennas from SDR-Kits today and they work just fine with the RSP1a/RSP2,2pro and Duo with no issues