FD>  RM>> I am interested in receiving weather photo's from the NOAA
FD>  MW>> satelites.
FD> 
FD>  MS> He needs to know that a vertical whip VHF antenna is unsuitable.
FD>  MS> He needs some kind of antenna that picks up over the area from
FD>  MS> horizon to horizon (and up) like the cloverleaf designs over 
FD> mesh
FD>  MS> or a "turnstile".  They can be made cheaply, and I remember 
FD> seeing
FD>  MS> plans for them around the Space Shuttle ham missions
FD> 
FD> Surely though a tuned whip antenna would be OK if the satelite is 
FD> overhead.
    You want something with horizon-to-horizon coverage so that you can catch 
the satellite for more than a fleeting moment as it's "overhead".
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