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Old 02-15-2008, 05:00 PM
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Default Another Home brew 6 meter antenna

Was not much going on at home today. So I was in the shack on 20 meters.
And looking at my home brew 6 meter rig when it dawned on me.
I need a good antenna for this.

So I grabbed my calculator, tape measure and a pile of tubing.
Did this on the fly. Just wanted to see what I could come up with.
Sort of an old school antenna.
The elements are from old cb antennas. The clamps are from a discount store. The aluminum angle pieces came from exess door frames.

Boom- 1 1/2 X 16
Elements- 5' X 3/4 with tapered down tubes.

Ref= 115 1/2 in
Driven= 111 in
D1 = 106 1/2 in
D2 = 102 in
D3 = 97 1/2 in
D4 = 93 in

Spacing is 34 1/2 inches all but the last director. It is 45 inches.

Feed: Gamma Match
Tube is 14 inches.
Center conductor from RG-8 is 15 inches.

Gamma is made but not yet installed.

Will install in the morning and start testing
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And the finished product.

Mounted about 4.5 feet above the homebrew 10 meter beam.

Now the wait for a band opening!
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Old 02-16-2008, 12:31 PM
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I hope you are grounding it all as you go. Man that is such a lightning target, I hate to see you get hit again, and lose it all. Pray for the best.
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Nice design Buddy, the next thing to do would be to put up a ground if you haven't. Either that or make sure your coax's in the station are disconnected when it's not in use!
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