Winter will be on us again soon. I don't want to be out in the cold walking the 4 element Yagi around with a cord as I presently do when I want to turn the house around.
I have used a variety of antennas, and prefer a horizontally polarized beam for DX work. I opted for putting up another 11 meters Moxon. My TV rotor handles it with no problems whatsoever.
I wanted a 100% aluminum model, but didn't want to spend the milk money on it, and wanted it to be a homebrew.
I went to the local Salvation Army Thrift Store an bought one of these for $5 -
I cut it up like this -
then bought four 6' x 3/4" sticks of aluminum tubing for around $9 each from a local hardware -
bought some SS hose clamps, and put them together like this -
Each of the models I've made have worked well, however, I must say that the much touted backdoor rejection reported for the Moxon is the most pronounced on this one compared to the others. At 30' up in the air I am able to reduce a loud 5 bar signal on my RCI2950 to a single bar low level signal directly in the back of the antenna, and reduce it to a no bar nearly inaudible signal on either of the back corners. It is as wide banded as reported, and gets me in the DX game so far for the little that I am hearing when near the radio. Of course, it is much quieter than the vertical EFHW I have had up for months.
I have used a variety of antennas, and prefer a horizontally polarized beam for DX work. I opted for putting up another 11 meters Moxon. My TV rotor handles it with no problems whatsoever.
I wanted a 100% aluminum model, but didn't want to spend the milk money on it, and wanted it to be a homebrew.
I went to the local Salvation Army Thrift Store an bought one of these for $5 -
I cut it up like this -
then bought four 6' x 3/4" sticks of aluminum tubing for around $9 each from a local hardware -
bought some SS hose clamps, and put them together like this -
Each of the models I've made have worked well, however, I must say that the much touted backdoor rejection reported for the Moxon is the most pronounced on this one compared to the others. At 30' up in the air I am able to reduce a loud 5 bar signal on my RCI2950 to a single bar low level signal directly in the back of the antenna, and reduce it to a no bar nearly inaudible signal on either of the back corners. It is as wide banded as reported, and gets me in the DX game so far for the little that I am hearing when near the radio. Of course, it is much quieter than the vertical EFHW I have had up for months.
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