[Antennas] Moxon Antenna

[Eric Mynes]

I would like to think you all for your help.  I have it built now.  All I
have to do is put my analyzer on it to see if it is in tune where it need
it.

73,
Eric
k8ohz

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Eric Mynes <kc8wzb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Since I don't have a 2m antenna that would work in the SSB/CW portion of
> the band and I like to build antennas, I decided to build a maxon on 2m.
> Now, I began thinking of what I could use to build this antenna.  I ran
> across 2 aluminum walkers at a thrift store for a couple bucks each one
> day.  Humm...  Aluminum with 90 degree or real close bends in them
> already.  Sounds like an antenna in the making already.
>
> That now brings up questions that I hadn't thought of.  So, I thought I
> would ask the group here to see if any one as insite on them.  First, I'm
> using a Maxon Rectagle Generator software I found online to calculate my
> deminisions.  It calls for side "A" to be 29.05 inches to make the antenna
> resident on 144.5 MHz.  Now, my walker uses 1 inch in diameter aluminum.
> Do I make the measurement from inside the bend to inside the bend?  Do I
> make it outside to oustide?  Or, do I make my measurement from middle of
> the tube to middle of the tube?  I figure on 12 or 14 guage wire it
> wouldn't matter, but at 1 inch tube, that is a lot of variance by making
> measurements from the wrong location.
>
> If all goes well with this 2m antenna, I plan on building another one for
> 6m.  Even though I don't need another 6m antenna, I just like to build them
> for the fun of it.  Ideally, I'd like to build one on 440 too.  Of course,
> I'd use wire for that one.  It would give me a 440 antenna to use with if I
> ever decide that I'd like to try to work some 440.
>
> 73,
> Eric
> k8ohz
>
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