[Rover] Re: 6 meter Cheap Yagi???

[JACK PARKER]

FWIW...I built a 6 element 6-meter yagi on a 14-foot
boom...did the optimization in "YA", or something
similar and it works great (worked a bunch of F-layer
back in November 2001). The first director is very
close to the driven element for the purpose of
matching the feed point to as close to 50-ohms as
possible without the hassel a matching network. The
optimization program said it would work, and it does.

The neat thing is that I was given a big CB antenna
(Moonraker, I think) and used components from that
antenna, plus a little ingenuity to insulate the
elements from the boom, and built the thing just for
the cost of muffler clamps...that's *all* of my out of
pocket expense...less than $15.00! Not bad for
something that has proven to be comparable to a yagi
costing 10 times more, plus I learned something in the
process of design and construction!

73,

Jack, W7PW

--- Todd Donath <n2wvk@arrl.net> wrote:
> A cushcraft 50-5, 5 element Antenna for $150 is
> cheaper to buy than spending
> all the time and money to make antennas that dont
> work. Having them fall
> etc. Experimenting costs more than a new antenna in
> the box for most
> amateurs.
> As you have proven, Jacob.
> 
> Todd, N2WVK
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jacob Tennant" <k8jwt@ntelos.net>
> To: <vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu>; <rover@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 7:57 PM
> Subject: 6 meter Cheap Yagi???
> 
> 
> > Has anyone tried or seen a version of Kent's
> "Cheap Yagis" for 6 meters???
> >
> > I have a design inwhich I have scaled all of the
> dimension proportionally
> > from the 144.200 versio to a 50.200 3-element
> design but thought I would
> ask
> > before I go out and buy the parts.
> >
> > Elements are made of 1/2" copper tubing with a
> 2"x4" boom. 3elements work
> > out to a 58" +/- boom. 4element on a 117" +/- boom
> with a 3" gap on the
> "J"
> > section of the driven element.
> >
> > Also, for the heck of it, figured out a 6element
> version on a 16'9" boom!
> > But will have to see how the 3 & 4 element
> versions work first...
> >
> > Jacob Tennant  K8JWT
> >
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