Thanks for the info Mark! Good read on the hairpin match. That makes sense that
maybe just a possible shorter hairpin match could be the ticket. I guess I'll
be looking into getting an antenna analyzer. I'll need one around the shack
anyway in the future.
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Mike GiannaccioKI5LFZ
On Friday, November 20, 2020, 12:44:00 PM CST, mark janzer via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
Here's a youtube of constructing a tape measure yagi, for reference.
(1) Tape Measure Yagi Beam Antenna - Ham Radio Q&A - YouTube
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Trying your modification may only require experimental adjustment of the
hairpin match.You'll want to use an antenna analyzer to check it.
Here's an article on the hairpin match.
HairpinArticleFix (ehpes.com)
Hopefully someone from AMSAT (Andy? W5ACM or Rick HIller W5RH) can shed more
light on this.
73MarkK5MGJ
On Friday, November 20, 2020, 11:09:31 AM CST, Michael Giannaccio via BVARC
<[email protected]> wrote:
Good morning,
I'm wanting to build a 2m tape measure yagi and I'm seeing that most of the
designs on the web are feeding it with a length of RG58 coax stripped at the
end and soldered to the driven element. However what I was thinking of doing is
putting an SO239 connector right at the feed point of the driven element and
mounted to a pvc conduit body. Then making a short jump (3 inches max) with 12
ga solid wire and soldering them to the element. I really have no experience
with this kind of stuff and I'm wondering if this would work or if it would
horribly impact the performance of the antenna. Sorry if this a dumb question!
I'm appreciative of any help you can offer.
Thanks!
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