2m home made beam

[nfsus]

Which one to use? I've made a 2 element and a 3 element. The 2 element has a flat swr across band. The 3 has a dip dead center.

 

[Moleculo]

What are you trying to accomplish?

 

[nfsus]

Horz longer range fm compared to the vert 1/4 wave

 

[Woody-202]

Horz longer range fm compared to the vert 1/4 wave

Most 2m FM is vertical (base & mobile) while 2m SSBers tend to use horizontal. I did both and found that a 5/8 wave 2m vertical and 2m horizontal beam for SSB was my best solution.

 

[nfsus]

Guys around here are using fm. I like it for clarity but prefer ssb myself

 

[Moleculo]

Put them both up crossed. Put the 2 element vertical for FM and the 3 element flat for SSB. Feed to a switch of some type and now you got the best of both worlds.