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I like antennas..It is great to reasearch the info ..find parts to work and put
up a BIG antenna...When it works GREAT, its a good feeling.
Ever tried a J-pole on 10meters ????? Works really nice. I have built J-poles for
11m and they work really really well...just scale them for 10m and great vertical antennas, approximately 26 ft long, made
with 1 in aluminium down to 3/8 in aluminium.....
Down below is one of my homebuilt antennas....I have also designed yagis especially
in my 11m days...I once helped a guy in Australia build an 8 element 11m yagi (60ft).I designed the antenna and as he ran
into a couple of problems helped him via email until he got it up....It out performed his store built 8 element yagi
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8 element Log Periodic I built for 9Z4CS
This is what it looks like from the top of my 55ft Tower..The first photo shows looking out to the northwest..on a clear day
you can actually see Venezuela from my home.The second photo is looking to the east..There is my 6m yagi (when it was 6 elements)
and my 8 element 2meter Quagi, also seen are the houses in my area..
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Homebrewing Antennas
This is a home version of the Cushcraft ASL 2010. I wanted an antenna that would give me 20-10m coverage with one feedline
without using a tuner.
I came across the specs of the 2010 in a CQ magazine...read some info on log periodic..did some more reasearch then built
my own. I got good results and built this one for a good friend of mines 9Z4CS-Jerome .My second antennas always comes out
better.
I now use a Homebuilt version of the Cushcraft X7 and that works better....This antenna gives really good gain for a Tribander
PLUS with the tuner in my Icom 756 I get really good results on 12 and 17 meters......
I have also converted a cushcraft 3ele triband and parts from a 12&17 cushcraft dualband to build another X7
for 9Z4CT-Nigel....Pics to come soon of that beauty...
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Here is a homebuilt X7 built for 9Z4CT-Nigel.....This antenna was built by using material from a 3ele triband
Cushcraft and a 3ele 12 & 17m Cushcraft plus a little more material.........This was a great project and the owner is
really happy with his signal now......A description of how I built this is on another page.
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This 28ft antenna is a 11m J-Pole that I used to use and is readjusted for 10m....Works extremely good on Dx
and local contacts...Nice for 10m FM
10 metre J Pole Antenna
Here is a 3 element 17m Yagi (On Top) and 3 element 20m Yagi (Bottom) I built for 9Y4TR Derek (now VE3CZF).He and His XYL
lived in Trinidad for some months and I built these. He is back up in Canada and took them up with him..He reports great signals
and busting pileups (barefooted)..
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