Eastern Visayas State of University

Tacloban City

Yagi-Uda Antenna Design

Submitted By:
El Juniel T. Melquiades
Joshua Andsay Niño D. Quisumbing

Submitted To:
Engr. Constancio S. Mercolita Jr.
 I. Yagi-Uda Theories (Folded Dipole)

Yagi-Uda antenna is the most commonly used type of antenna for TV reception
over the last few decades. It is the most popular and easy-to-use type of antenna
with better performance, which is famous for its high gain and directivity.
Yagi antenna is able to provide very useful levels of gain and front to back ratios.
It can be used at transmission or reception but are more used for transmitters. This
antenna is a directional system consisting of an array of a dipole and a reflector and
one or more directors. The dipole in the array is driven, and another element, 5%
longer, operates as a reflector.
Definition of Yagi : a highly directional and selective shortwave antenna
consisting of a horizontal conductor of one or two dipoles connected with the
receiver or transmitter and of a set of nearly equal insulated dipoles parallel to and
on a level with the horizontal conductor.

The key advantages for using a Yagi antenna are the gain and directivity it
provides. The Yagi or Yagi-Uda antenna gain is particularly useful because it
enables all the transmitted power to be directed into the area where it is required,
or when used for reception, it enables the maximum signal to be received from the
same area. Coupled to this the fact that it has reduced gain in other directions
means that it receives or transmits less signal in other directions thereby reducing
the levels of interference.
It is worth understanding that the performance of a passive antenna (i.e. one with
no active elements like transistors, etc) like the Yagi is equal for both transmit and
receive, and therefore gain for transmitting will be the same as gain when
receiving.
 II. Design Computations

Given:
f = 193.25Mhz
c = 3𝑥108 𝑚/𝑠
𝑐
λ=
𝑓

3𝑥108
λ=
193.25𝑥106

λ = 1.55239𝑚
𝜆 𝜆
◼Reflector = + (5%)( )
2 2
1.55239𝑚 1.55239
= + (5%)( )
2 2
= 0.7762m
𝜆
◼Driven Element =
2
1.55239𝑚
=
2
= 0.7762m
𝜆 𝜆
◼Director 1 = − 5% 𝑜𝑓
2 2
= 0.7762 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 0.7762
= 0.73739m
◼Director 2 = 𝐷1 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 𝐷1
= 0.73739 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 0.73739
= 0.70m
◼Director 3 = 𝐷2 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 𝐷2
= 0.70 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 0.70
= 0.665m
◼Director 4 = 𝐷3 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 𝐷3
= 0.665 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 0.665
= 0.63175m
◼Director 5 = 𝐷4 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 𝐷4
= 0.63175 − 5% 𝑜𝑓 0.3175
= 0.60m
III. Design Drawing
IV. Test Procedure ( Test Location)

First we need to find a nice location like outside of your household so

that there’s nothing can interrupt or can block the signals. After we find a
location we are going to set the antenna and the television. And if the
setup is done we proceed in testing the antenna by searching channels in
the television. In each channel that we search we need to rotate the
antenna in 360 so that we can find the best quality and the difference of
each rotation.
V. Test Results :

Name of Channe Picture Quality: Indicato Direction

Channel: l No: r/Descri of
ption: Directors:
ABS- 2 Best NE
CBN

PTV 6 Better E

Sports 75 Best NE
and
Action
GMA 10 Good NW

CNN 9 Good SW