Homebrew Co-phased Ground Plane Antennas

[Riverman]

My kinda guy!

I have made this exact ground plane using a 102" steel whip and two 4' Firestiks for radials and have made one using a 4' Firestik for the vertical in lieu of the steel whip. Both versions worked great. Just never had the desire to co-phase them like this fella. And never will.

Enjoy!

 

[Crawdad]

Good stuff

 

[Eldorado828]

My kinda guy!

I have made this exact ground plane using a 102" steel whip and two 4' Firestiks for radials and have made one using a 4' Firestik for the vertical in lieu of the steel whip. Both versions worked great. Just never had the desire to co-phase them like this fella. And never will.

Enjoy!

How great exactly? I'm willing to homebrew something like that. With a regular loss of antennas due to winds in this area, maybe a build like this could be more robust.

 

[Riverman]

How great exactly? I'm willing to homebrew something like that. With a regular loss of antennas due to winds in this area, maybe a build like this could be more robust.

These antennas are bulletproof and aren’t going anywhere except perhaps in a tornado. And both love going head to toe with the A99.

The steel whip with the Firestik radials seemed to hear slightly better than the one using a Firestik for the vertical.

 

[Crawdad]

I have two 102" and two 7' Firestiks in stock. Might play around a little.........

That antenna might get that gentleman a nomination for a HOMER award.

 

[Riverman]

I have two 102" and two 7' Firestiks in stock. Might play around a little.........

Here's the mount I made for my GP's. It's a Simpson Strong Tie from Home Depot with several bends in it. Had to drill one additional 1/2" hole if I remember right.



Here's another version made from a Simpson BC ZMax 4” Post Cap.

 

[Riverman]

That antenna might get that gentleman a nomination for a HOMER award.

We could hold a contest for the weirdest-looking, best-performing homebrew antenna. and give the winner the first annual HomerBB Award. Then it occurred to me--Homer would probably win. After all he is the G.O.A.T.

 

[HomerBB]

I have two 102" and two 7' Firestiks in stock. Might play around a little.........

That antenna might get that gentleman a nomination for a HOMER award.

 

[Riverman]

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LOVE it!

Every WWDX builder will be striving to earn one of those, I know that.

 

[HomerBB]

We could hold a contest for the weirdest-looking, best-performing homebrew antenna. and give the winner the first annual HomerBB Award. Then it occurred to me--Homer would probably win. After all he is the G.O.A.T.

I don't know...
My chicken wire 11m 1/4 GP seemed to be the uncontested winner in one of these build offs until the other fellow screwed together his 1/4 GP from beer cans. It seems the popularity of beer over chickens took the win away from me.
It felt like a crappy sudden death NFL overtime loss.
Oh, well...

 

[Crawdad]

Homer,
Your GOAT ranking is unsurpassable, the only way anyone can get close is to start shopping for walkers at Goodwill.

73 sir

 

[AudioShockwav]

I don't know...
My chicken wire 11m 1/4 GP seemed to be the uncontested winner in one of these build offs until the other fellow screwed together his 1/4 GP from beer cans. It seems the popularity of beer over chickens took the win away from me.
It felt like a crappy sudden death NFL overtime loss.
Oh, well...

I remember that..
...

73
Jeff

 

[HomerBB]

I remember that..
...

73
Jeff

That's it. Gotta hand it to him. The cans-antenna was a lotta work, and pretty cool.

 

[G-Golly Wally]

That's the antenna I plan on building. That's Mower Junkie, he's got some interesting antenna ideas.

 

[Crawdad]

That's the antenna I plan on building.

Post it when you do Wally! Looks like a fun build.

73