Homebrew Dipole Antenna

[Sonwatcher]

Thanks Tammy ! Just as Scout said the pictures and specs really put things together for me !

God bless you all !



CDX-897

OT-897

WV-897

CM-2368

AK-1897</p>

 

[Sonwatcher]

Thanks Tammy ! Just as Scout said the pictures and specs really put things together for me !

God bless you all !



CDX-897

OT-897

WV-897

CM-2368

AK-1897</p>

 

[Moleculo]

Tammy, now that you've got a vertical, and a dipole up, why not try making a wire loop that's suspended from all those trees around your property? Actually, for 11m, it wouldn't even have to be that big.





Moleculo


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[Moleculo]

Tammy, now that you've got a vertical, and a dipole up, why not try making a wire loop that's suspended from all those trees around your property? Actually, for 11m, it wouldn't even have to be that big.





Moleculo


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[HillTopR]

Recently the topic of making a simple dipole antenna came up in chat. Several members shared how to make the dipole for those of us interested. I however have a stubborn "minds eye" sometimes and am one of those folks that need illustrations. With the combined efforts of Mike, Jay, Chris and a few others I was able to bring up the image on my "screen" hehehe. BIG THANKS GUYS!



During my surfing I found excellent diagrams of exactly what was explained to me and I posted them to my webshots as promised.



The dipole recipe



community.webshots.com/ph...5277ghmBUX



The feedline connection to the wire



community.webshots.com/ph...8679vaJqrx



The calculator used to determine wire length

www.qsl.net/w4sat/calc.htm



Antenna Elmer site

www.qsl.net/w4sat/antenna.htm



I hope this helps another member with an interest in homebrew.



73's

Tammy




Delta Force 2002

D-104 T-UG8

IMAX 2000 - Base

Wilson 1000 -Mobile

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub86.ezboard.com/bworldwidecbradioclub.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hilltopr>HillTopR</A> at: 10/14/03 11:45 am

 

[HillTopR]

Recently the topic of making a simple dipole antenna came up in chat. Several members shared how to make the dipole for those of us interested. I however have a stubborn "minds eye" sometimes and am one of those folks that need illustrations. With the combined efforts of Mike, Jay, Chris and a few others I was able to bring up the image on my "screen" hehehe. BIG THANKS GUYS!



During my surfing I found excellent diagrams of exactly what was explained to me and I posted them to my webshots as promised.



The dipole recipe



community.webshots.com/ph...5277ghmBUX



The feedline connection to the wire



community.webshots.com/ph...8679vaJqrx



The calculator used to determine wire length

www.qsl.net/w4sat/calc.htm



Antenna Elmer site

www.qsl.net/w4sat/antenna.htm



I hope this helps another member with an interest in homebrew.



73's

Tammy




Delta Force 2002

D-104 T-UG8

IMAX 2000 - Base

Wilson 1000 -Mobile

</p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub86.ezboard.com/bworldwidecbradioclub.showUserPublicProfile?gid=hilltopr>HillTopR</A> at: 10/14/03 11:45 am

 

[Nevrdull]

Does the wire have to be suspended or can I lay it out on an asphalt shingle roof along the top ridge?

 

[bushwacker]

it will work like that-- just set it up for whatever polarity you want to run-- it should work ok like that way for horizontal-- might work a bit better off the roof but technically it should work-- just maybey not at its optimumj