Post by lamplighter on May 3, 2009 19:31:52 GMT -5
This one I put together on Friday, and have worked a lot of skip on Sat and Sun afternoons:
It was this before it was my antenna:
Driven Element -------- 108 each half, or 18' 0" total
Director Element -------- 100" each half, or 16' 8" total
Boom length -------- 34" total to element centers
gamma match -------- 24" x 3/8" tube with centered RG6u coax capacitor clipped and slid until matched (you know the drill)
The front element is isolated from the boom with a piece of plastic composite material (recycled environmentally friendly), and the reflector is attached directly to the boom.
The entire thing is from parts of the clothes line. The aluminum is NOT round, but I do not run power. The thing lacked enough parts to complete the total element lengths, so I finished them out with 1/4" all thread.
I've gotten a LOT of DX action on it.
It was this before it was my antenna:
Driven Element -------- 108 each half, or 18' 0" total
Director Element -------- 100" each half, or 16' 8" total
Boom length -------- 34" total to element centers
gamma match -------- 24" x 3/8" tube with centered RG6u coax capacitor clipped and slid until matched (you know the drill)
The front element is isolated from the boom with a piece of plastic composite material (recycled environmentally friendly), and the reflector is attached directly to the boom.
The entire thing is from parts of the clothes line. The aluminum is NOT round, but I do not run power. The thing lacked enough parts to complete the total element lengths, so I finished them out with 1/4" all thread.
I've gotten a LOT of DX action on it.
