[Rover] 6 meter Cheap Yagi???

[rover@mailman.qth.net]

Jacob,

What ever you do - DON'T GIVE UP homebrewing antennas!

Try again with the pieces you have left over.

1]   Drill 3 evenly spaced holes in a 6 ft piece of 2"x2" piece of lumber.
2]   Soak or brush the 2x2 with a couple of coats of SPAR-VARNISH & let it 
dry for a couple of days.
3]   Using the dimensions in the ARRL Handbook, cut 3 pieces of 1/2 copper 
tubing to the proper lengths: reflector, driven, director.
4]   Insert the tubing in the holes, and Drill a hole from the top of the 2x2 
through the wood and through the tubing and through the wood at the bottom, 
for each of the 3 elements. Hole size to accommodate 
10-32 machine screw, use fender washer under head of screw and under the nut.
5]   Again using the dimensions in the Handbook, cut some smaller diameter 
lengths to be used as the pieces for the "T" match.
6]   Construct a couple of brackets that form the outer portion of the "T" 
match for tuning, and once you have tuned it antenna, you can solder them in 
place.
7]   All that is left is to construct a balun, again size in handbook, COAX 
fitting, and 2 non-metalic supports where the coax -- balun -- and the "T" 
match junction.

I have used this on a lot of rovings and it works great!

If you need more detailed information, drop me a e-mail.

73's

Howard W3CQH
EC-ARES, RO-RACES Montgomery County, MD
1 of the "DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE CONTEST TEAM"
etc, etc, etc,
 


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