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Nov 10, 2005 Meeting
Homebrewing 2 Meter Antennas
Doug Elliot VA3DAE

It's easy to make 2 meter antennas that work from cheap parts. 

Doug showed us how he discovered techniques for throwing together bits of plumbing, measuring tape, nails and simple copper wire while minimizing not only SWR, but also torch burns, electrical shock, and loss of body parts.

Doug even showed us how a regular trombone could not only make music (well, kind of) BUT could be loaded up as a 2 Meter Jpole.

 

The presentation was enjoyed by all, and resulted in a lot of good questions.

 

At the end of the presentations, John Watson VA3EZP showed the club two other interesting 2 Meter antenna designs from the 1950's.

 

Links from the presentation:

• Harry’s Homebrew Homepage: http://web.telia.com/~u85920178/

• Buxcomm Copper J pole: http://www.sedan.org/j-pole_tuneable.htm

• Technical description of SWR: http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=11162

• The full blown copper cactus: http://archimedes.galilei.com/raiar/cactus.html

• Google tons of stuff out there just waiting to be found: http://google.ca

• Doug would be glad to work with anyone who wants to build antennas let him know at va3dae@rac.ca 

If you missed Doug's presentation or want to review it, it is available here in PDF format (it is LARGE, so probably best to right click and save it to your computer).

 

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