Large Antenna: 36cm x 91cm (14" x 36")

Jan 06, 2006 2 Replies

Greetings, everyone!



After reading the fine web pages using Michael Erskine's templates, I tried my hand at a similar project. The antenna is made of aluminum flashing and "flat" stock, and measures about 14" x 36" (36cm x 91cm).



Construction details may be found on my web page:



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It performs quite well, exhibiting good directivity, though being at the limits for what one can expect from a dipole feed. Experiments are ongoing with a biquad feed, and indicate that it works better with larger reflectors.


Regards, Phil AB9IL



I wrote a freeware parabola calculator program that might be useful for projects of this type.

Mike

but I forgot to include the link, it's here:

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