Sander VK6VCC
Gary @N8DMT
Thom W8TAM (US-MI)Why yes that is 9 20' cb antennas. I'm getting ready to finish a project I started a few years ago. It'll be a 9 circle array for directional reception on 160/80/40. #hamradio #antenna
K0̷IN Fr. MartyTo those who responded to my earlier request for 6m antennas, thank you! I've narrowed it down a bit to a 6m squalo-type, as pictured. However, the site https://www.kk5jy.net/6m-halo/ doesn't have exact dimensions. Not a huge deal, but I need two dimensions specifically: The gap between the wires looks to be about 10cm or so, and there is no detail on the matching system at the feedpoint. He says "a loop to add some inductance" but that's about it! #6m #antenna #HamRadio I have emailed, no joy.
FinnI tried to make a 5/8 wave length ground plane antenna for Meshtastic, I had one N-connector for that one left.
82mm for the radials, 205mm (start with 1 cm more and cut later) for the straight radiator and 2 windings around a pencil as a matching coil (the wire was 270mm in total I think).
The NanoVNA showed a SWR about 1.07 at 868.5 MHz and a short walked confirmed a good signal:
Distance: 931m
SNR: 5.50 dB
RSSI: -86 dBm
Later I will go further.
Benny's Racing CornerVery thankful after days of high winds to get a fairly low wind day in time for the Indy 500 so I can watch the race with my digital antenna instead of having to deal with the Fox Sports app I hate worse than anything on Earth.
sperber64Quick & Dirty Sunday DIY Project. L-Match for 27MHz.
Toroid : T80-6 with 23 turns (~2.62mH)
Capacitor : 2pF - 30pF
Network Type : L-Match
Wait for better weather to test. But with 4.4k resistor I can match a VSWR 1:1.1
AI6YR Ben
Free stainless steel garbage cans around here. I am so tempted to make this into a dipole antenna, so I can call it a "trash can antenna".
(If you have a couple of spare Cybertrucks, we could do the same thing, but on lower bands).
Wow! Finished building my first 868 MHz ground plane antenna for Meshtastic!
Still needs SWR measuring with a VNA and maybe shortening a bit, which will be my first time doing that, too.
For a test it already got too late but I will keep you updated about the results. Also I would like to try different antenna designs, it's quite fun!
lars