Antenna building
Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:58 pm
Hi all,
Just thought I'd start a thread for me and anyone else making antennas. I'm being egged on by a local guru who keeps lending me totally impenetrable books on antennas! Anyway, my first one is a yagi for 2m which I'm basing on one designed by VK3DIP in one of the AR magazines.
Today I have gone to Bunnings and bought all the bits, and have cut them to size. Unfortunately it's stalled now till tomorrow for the lack of an appropriately sized drill bit. However, here's a pic of the bits cut up.
After this I have plans (in no particular order or time frame!) for:
* a vertical rhombic which I'm told should give me around 10db of gain on HF
* a vertical 2m which I'm told will leave my X50 in the dust (though I dunno that I believe that!)
* a J pole
Interested in any thoughts or opinions
Cheers
Meg
Just thought I'd start a thread for me and anyone else making antennas. I'm being egged on by a local guru who keeps lending me totally impenetrable books on antennas! Anyway, my first one is a yagi for 2m which I'm basing on one designed by VK3DIP in one of the AR magazines.
Today I have gone to Bunnings and bought all the bits, and have cut them to size. Unfortunately it's stalled now till tomorrow for the lack of an appropriately sized drill bit. However, here's a pic of the bits cut up.
After this I have plans (in no particular order or time frame!) for:
* a vertical rhombic which I'm told should give me around 10db of gain on HF
* a vertical 2m which I'm told will leave my X50 in the dust (though I dunno that I believe that!)
* a J pole
Interested in any thoughts or opinions
Cheers
Meg