In preparation for the multi-club Foxhunt event that’s planned for September 21st, we will spend the next few Saturdays building a Tape Measure Yagi antenna for 440Mhz.
Come and join us at our Saturday GROUP events on August 24th and August 31st. We’ll spend one Saturday cutting PVC pipe and the 2nd Saturday assembling the antennas.
If you would like to donate parts for the build, here is the parts list:
For each antenna, we need:
Elements (1″ steel tape measure)
- 1 x 13 19/32″
- 2 x 5 3/8″
- 1 x 11 1/16″
PVC List (1/2 inch schedule 40)
- 1 x 6″ piece
- 3 x 2″ piece
- 3 x 3/32″ piece
2 x PVC cross fitting
1 x PVC tee fitting
Other
- Tie wraps
- Tape
- 12 or 14 AWG solid copper wire
- Sandpaper
- RG-58 coax
- Coax connectors