By Ron Hege, K3PF Element Trimming For this job, a fine-toothed saw works well. (Caution: During the following steps, be sure that you cut half the total amount from each half [ie, each side] of an element.) For operation at the low end of the band (144 MHz), cut the 66-inch element to a total […]
By Ron Hege, K3PF In a matter of a few hours, you can easily build a broadband, 2 meter Yagi. The antenna offers a gain of about 10 dB, is lightweight, mechanically strong and rivals the performance of similar commercial antennas. You can modify a RadioShack FM broadcast receiving antenna (RS 15-2163). (Or you can use […]