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Design & Build 23 cm Yagi Using Simple Tools

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DL6WU Yagi Design g g

Design Presented in 1982 Article
Published in UKW-Berichte January 1982 Issue Titled Extrem Lange Yagi-Antennen1,2

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Elements Shorted to Boom

Hole in Boom Drilled Smaller Than Element El Element Driven Into H l With H tDi I t Hole Hammer Cold Welding Element to Boom
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WA5TKU Antenna

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Built DL6WU 1982 Article Based Antenna in 1986 Gain Measured at Central States VHF Society Meeting in St. Louis M i i S L i Converted All Measurements from Metric to Decimal English Units Boom Was Split to Fit in Back of Van Antenna Installed on Tower For August 1986 UHF Contest Taken Down April 2009 to Repair Broken Boom
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WA5TKU Antenna
13 5 Foot Boom 13.5
5/8 Diameter 0 058 Wall 0.058 Thickness 3/16 Element 3/16

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Boom to Mast Plate Attached with Hose Clamps

Folded Dipole
1/8 B Brass Welding Rod
Folded Dipole
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WA5TKU Antenna
3/16 Elements Cold Welded to Boom No Elements Lost After 23 Y Years Boom Joint Gave Way
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Thru Boom Cold Weld

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Folded Dipole p Feed Balun - UT141 Semi-Ridged S i Rid d Coax N Type Coax Connector Tuned By u ed y Bending 1st Director
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UT-141 UT 141 Balun

1/8 Brass Rod

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Element Cutting Jig g g

Holds Element Material3 Adjust Length Cut

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WA5TKU Element Cutting Jig g g

Modified Jig g Placed Rod Holder Back to Back Used English Screw M Measured E h d Each Length Change With Rule Chamfero Element Ends 45 With File or Sander
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Holes Misaligned to Better Hold Rod

Adjust Screw to Length of Element

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Folded Dipole Bending Jig p g g

Use Dowel Diameter of Dipole ID3 Dowel Space to Dipole Length

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Boom Drill Jig g

1x4 & 1x2 8
Right Angle Mount
Metric & English Scale

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C Clamp to p Drill Press Bed C Clamp Boom Material to Jig g Use Small Finishing Nail to Pin Boom While Sliding Jig on Drill Press Bed
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1x2 Screwed to 1x4

C Clamp Boom Material to 1x2 in 2 Places

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Software Example p
VK5DJ Software4 41 Directors Round Boom Bonded Thru Boom Used UT141 SemiRidged Coax for Balun

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Software Example p
Calculation Gain is Calculated with E h ith Each Element Folded Dipole Construction

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Software Example p
Folded Dipole All Element Spacing S i From End of Boom

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Software Example p
Balun Construction

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References
1: Gunter Hoch, DL6WU, Extrem Lange Yagi, , g g Antennen, UKW-Berichte 1/1982, pp 3-11. 2: Rainer Bertelsmeier, DJ9BV, DUBUS 2/1994, pp.4652, http://www.qsl.net/ok1cdj/dj9bv23.pdf 52 htt // l t/ k1 dj/dj9b 23 df 3: Folded Dipoles for VHF/UHF Yagis, In Practice, RadCom (RGSB), April 1998, http://www.ifwtech.co.uk/g3sek/diy-yagi/dipoles.htm 4: Yagi Calculator by John Drew, VK5DJ, g y http://vk5dj.mountgambier.org/Yagi/Yagi.html

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