This page contains construction details on a 2 metre 144mhz vhf yagi beam antenna designed for portable use.
Portable beam antenna.
It has been specially developed as a highly efficient antenna for portable use a dxpeditioner s dream.
G3txq hexbeams trading as hexbeam uk since 31st march 2013.
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Diy 5 portable vhf yagi antenna for the 2 meter band 144 146 mhz by f4hwk.
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In this article i ll discuss a few options and then give detailed instructions on how to make a super easy super cheap hf antenna to go that really works.
Dx engineering hexx beam antennas are simply the best choice for a small and lightweight directional hf beam antenna.
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Since an old 5 element version v1 of my antenna was shown in the july 2011 edition of radcom a few people have contacted me asking for some information on how it was constructed it has gone through a few revisions over the years this is version 4 and is now a 6 element yagi uda.
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The spider beam is a full size lightweight tribander yagi for 20 15 10m made from fiberglass and wire.
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Better than other hexbeams and 2 element yagi antennas dx engineering s new hexx beams feature lower swr with wider bandwidth and better front to back performance based on the dramatically improved g3txq broadband hex beam design that makes the classic dual w hex beams.
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Here i present all steps to build this antenna.
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Further development yielded a complete 5 band beam 20 17 15 12 10m a warc.
Manufacturing hexbeams since july 2009.
For all the choices it s surprisingly hard to find a portable antenna for hf that is affordable and practical.
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Welcome to the home of the buddipole an hf vhf portable dipole antenna system which is designed to be modular versatile and efficient.
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