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plans for dual band yagi

 

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Looking for folks that have made a dual band yagi before and can share the diagram on the build with any tips.
It needs to be something as simple as possible due to may use for scouts project.? Looking to make 1 for home use also here.

cheaper made the better BUT needs to hold up on a small tower during storms. tape measure types will not work for tower BUT I will look at them if you have a dual band version. looking to use on HT to try for ISS in the end with scouts. 


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Fred Rugar
AEC Ares Bee County
CLO Races Bee County
AC Beeville Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Service
Skywarn Weather Spotter  Bee County
Mark L Dallner
 

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has plenty of sources to build on the web. PVC & tape measure pieces cut to length. I have not built one myself, yet. Looking at building my first antenna and probably need to start there instead of building a??first.

Mark Dallner
KD9EEE
 

Hi Fred

Greetings from the Scouts of Manchester UK. Sorry I can't help with the yagi but I had to make contact with a fellow Scouter. If you want to contact direct my scout email is gmnscouts@...

Dave
2E0OAI

On 13 April 2016 at 15:14, Fred ke5htb@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:
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Looking for folks that have made a dual band yagi before and can share the diagram on the build with any tips.
It needs to be something as simple as possible due to may use for scouts project.? Looking to make 1 for home use also here.

cheaper made the better BUT needs to hold up on a small tower during storms. tape measure types will not work for tower BUT I will look at them if you have a dual band version. looking to use on HT to try for ISS in the end with scouts. 


--
Fred Rugar
AEC Ares Bee County
CLO Races Bee County
AC Beeville Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Service
Skywarn Weather Spotter  Bee County




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Bill Boyer
 

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Google cheap Yagi. Simple plans. Dual requires two separate antennas and feed lines, unless you build a duplexer.?


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On Apr 13, 2016, at 15:02, Dave Saunders dwsok2006@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:

Hi Fred

Greetings from the Scouts of Manchester UK. Sorry I can't help with the yagi but I had to make contact with a fellow Scouter. If you want to contact direct my scout email is gmnscouts@...

Dave
2E0OAI

On 13 April 2016 at 15:14, Fred ke5htb@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:
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Looking for folks that have made a dual band yagi before and can share the diagram on the build with any tips.
It needs to be something as simple as possible due to may use for scouts project.? Looking to make 1 for home use also here.

cheaper made the better BUT needs to hold up on a small tower during storms. tape measure types will not work for tower BUT I will look at them if you have a dual band version. looking to use on HT to try for ISS in the end with scouts. 


--
Fred Rugar
AEC Ares Bee County
CLO Races Bee County
AC Beeville Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Service
Skywarn Weather Spotter  Bee County




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Robert Castellow
 

Fred.?
Qst had an article in the January 2012 issue on making a tape measure dual band beam, the link is:


Another choice would be made from pvc and copper tubing.



Hope this helps you and your scouts.
Buzz
KD4CXI
 

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yes on tape measure. I saw that 1 but it really wont hold up if I decide to put up on tower to sue perm.
this project is kind of double edged. I want to make 1 with the scouts here maybe to use for ISS contacts. a tape measure will do the job for sure. BUT I also want to see 1 I can use on home shack at 20' and hold up to our wonderful weather.

I am not sure the copper 1 here will hold up too good BUT will do real fine for learning the measurements and ideas of making a beam.

Our ARES group will start soon doing antennas. start with basic wire antennas for emergency times mainly. but I have plans for the copper j-pols and the arrow J-pole that are easy builds.???? Just want to see if I can get better connections north into victoria and maybe SA if luck is with me. we seem to be in a hole in town. go to edge of town all all works fine.
USe HT at walmarts edge of town. can hit Danny k5djs IRLP server easy 10 mile run. I drive 2 miles maybe to house in town and can not hit same server. really stinks but thats life in smaller town. all wires and everything on poles and not under ground. way too much noise here. s9 noise on HF here at house with a dipole at 60' even.

thanks for the links I will add to my growing list of places to read more and learn more. thats the main thing. I will pass list along to our group so they can read and decide if they want to try and build 1 themselves also.

ferd rugar
ke5htb

On 4/14/2016 7:22 AM, Robert Castellow emtbuzz@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Fred.?
Qst had an article in the January 2012 issue on making a tape measure dual band beam, the link is:


Another choice would be made from pvc and copper tubing.



Hope this helps you and your scouts.
Buzz
KD4CXI


-- 
Fred Rugar
AEC Ares Bee County
CLO Races Bee County
AC Beeville Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Service
Skywarn Weather Spotter  Bee County
Joel
 

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" way too much noise here. s9 noise on HF here at house with a dipole at 60' even. "

Call the power company and report the noisy lines. They are obligated by FCC rules
to fix interference problems - that has been proven in court.?? I have had them out
multiple times to repair more than 7 poles and this has cut my noise a lot.?



As far as a dual band Yagi I use a Cushcraft A27010S - great gain and gets me into
the distant repeaters and contacts up to 500 miles when the band opens.

I use an Arrow Jpole for my omni - not much gain but broadband and strong.

73
KQ0J


On 04/14/2016 10:20 AM, Fred ke5htb@... [FT-60] wrote:
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yes on tape measure. I saw that 1 but it really wont hold up if I decide to put up on tower to sue perm.
this project is kind of double edged. I want to make 1 with the scouts here maybe to use for ISS contacts. a tape measure will do the job for sure. BUT I also want to see 1 I can use on home shack at 20' and hold up to our wonderful weather.

I am not sure the copper 1 here will hold up too good BUT will do real fine for learning the measurements and ideas of making a beam.

Our ARES group will start soon doing antennas. start with basic wire antennas for emergency times mainly. but I have plans for the copper j-pols and the arrow J-pole that are easy builds.???? Just want to see if I can get better connections north into victoria and maybe SA if luck is with me. we seem to be in a hole in town. go to edge of town all all works fine.
USe HT at walmarts edge of town. can hit Danny k5djs IRLP server easy 10 mile run. I drive 2 miles maybe to house in town and can not hit same server. really stinks but thats life in smaller town. all wires and everything on poles and not under ground. way too much noise here. s9 noise on HF here at house with a dipole at 60' even.

thanks for the links I will add to my growing list of places to read more and learn more. thats the main thing. I will pass list along to our group so they can read and decide if they want to try and build 1 themselves also.

ferd rugar
ke5htb

On 4/14/2016 7:22 AM, Robert Castellow emtbuzz@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Fred.?
Qst had an article in the January 2012 issue on making a tape measure dual band beam, the link is:


Another choice would be made from pvc and copper tubing.



Hope this helps you and your scouts.
Buzz
KD4CXI


-- 
Fred Rugar
AEC Ares Bee County
CLO Races Bee County
AC Beeville Amateur Radio Emergency Communication Service
Skywarn Weather Spotter  Bee County

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KQ?J
 

Handheld tape measure beams/yagis are an inexpensive way to get into the world of high gain with your HTs.

Heck, I turned my TX power DOWN to 2W to speak with ISS Commander Wiseman two Field Days ago using a tape measure beam ...

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