Tag: yagi

Short DL6WU yagi for 23cm

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My 23cm yagi antenna, in fixed position to the local ATV repeater.

In the previous Winter I built a HB9CV-in-a-box for 23cm for my uplink to the local ATV repeater PI6ATV. Although this antenna works nicely, its gain just isn’t enough when their 23cm preamp is broken (which, unfortunately, is the case most of the time). To achieve a more steady uplink, I decided to build an antenna with a bit more gain, at least 6 dB extra compared to the HB9CV. A short yagi should make this possible. — more →

HB9CV-in-a-box antenna for 23cm

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The antenna is mounted in my pole, just below the 23cm LNC. Both are pointing at the PI6ATV repeater.

The antenna mounted in my pole, just below the 3cm LNC. Both are pointing at the PI6ATV repeater.

The HB9CV has been a popular antenna for decades, especially on the 2m band where it is commonly used for direction finding (foxhunt). Others create arrays of HB9CV antennas for DXing. Since I needed a simple antenna for 23cm (to uplink to the local ATV repeater PI6ATV) I thought it would be nice to use this HB9CV design.

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DK7ZB yagi for 144MHz

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The result.

My DK7ZB yagi for 144MHz

After the somewhat disapointing results of the DJ9BV antenna, I decided to try another model. This time I selected a 9 element DK7ZB for my test. I already bought some square alu bars, each 250cm tall. Since the 9 element DK7ZB is 5 meters tall, this should fit perfectly.

Click here to visit DK7ZB’s homepage, including all his antenna designs and lots of references. — more →

DJ9BV yagi for 144MHz

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Introduction

I just started building a new yagi antenna for 144MHz. I used to work with short yagi’s, based on DL6WU, with 6 elements. These antenna’s were about 2m long. I stacked them, tested them both vertically and vertically polarized/stacked, etc. I did lots of DX using these antenna’s. After a long period without radio activity I finally decided to start again with the hobby and try another antenna design. — more →

6-Element yagi for 144 MHz

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Introduction

My homebrewn VHF yagi antenna's in Elst, stacked, about 12m above the ground.

My homebrewn VHF yagi antenna’s in Elst, stacked, about 12m above the ground.

I designed this antenna in 1995. I wanted a horizontal antenna which has nice characteristics for contest usage. The side lobs are minimized, the beam width is quite large while it has a reasonable gain and front/rear ratio. — more →