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- | The bottom of the top two spacer bars on the boom have small lengths of solid core wire joining the two sides, wound around the screw threads tightly before screwing the screws down as far as I could. Check the continuity at this point! The two sides have to be joined together to make a continuous half-wave radiator. | + | The bottom of the top two spacer bars on the boom have small lengths of solid core wire joining the two sides, wound around the screw threads tightly before screwing the screws down as far as I could. Check the continuity at this point! The two sides have to be joined together to make a continuous half-wave radiator. The bottom, driven elements have to remain separated, so just wrap the coax centre and shield - one around each thread - and screw those tightly too. |
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Initially I used some tape to hold the spacer bars in place while I tuned the antenna on a VNA. I used the dimensions Adam gave as a starting point and retracted the telescopic lengths until I had a decent tune on both 70cm and 2m. I then slid the spacer bars a tiny bit back and forth and checked the tune. After dialling it in well I drilled a hole in the middle of each top clip and used some self-tapping screws to firmly secure the bars to the pole section. | Initially I used some tape to hold the spacer bars in place while I tuned the antenna on a VNA. I used the dimensions Adam gave as a starting point and retracted the telescopic lengths until I had a decent tune on both 70cm and 2m. I then slid the spacer bars a tiny bit back and forth and checked the tune. After dialling it in well I drilled a hole in the middle of each top clip and used some self-tapping screws to firmly secure the bars to the pole section. | ||
- | And that is basically it. Keep the M3 bolts tightened (this will annoy you, they are joined at only one place so things will rotate when you don't want them to or when travelling etc) and make sure you don't bend any of the telescopic elements. The more you do that the more out-of-plane they' | + | And that is basically it. Keep the M3 bolts, nuts, and wingnuts |
The elements will, of course, bend at the right-angled join, meaning that you can store the antenna stowed, attach it to a rucksack, etc. Or you can fully disassemble and reassemble each time. Bring a spanner! And maybe a small screwdriver. | The elements will, of course, bend at the right-angled join, meaning that you can store the antenna stowed, attach it to a rucksack, etc. Or you can fully disassemble and reassemble each time. Bring a spanner! And maybe a small screwdriver. | ||
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2m0iig-satellite-yagi.txt · Last modified: 2022/12/08 19:34 by 2m0iig