I’ve been apprehensive about building my own yagi antennas before. It seemed so complicated. But then I started tinkering with antenna modelling software and decided it couldn’t be that difficult. So I started building.

Life was so much easier when I realised that with a gamma match I did not have to split or isolate the elements from the boom.

On the pic is my 6m5el and my 2m5el yagis. 6m is a lot of fun this summer. There’s a 10m/20m moxon spider beam coming up next.

  • Matthias HB9EGM
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    1 year ago

    Congrats on the build, but especially on overcoming the initial apprehension! www.g0ksc.co.uk has published lots of designs you can build too.

  • w0odlA
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    1 year ago

    Yeah this is pretty awesome. I’ve built some EFHWs but yagis have always kinda made me nervous for some reason. Great build!

    • LB8EIOP
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      1 year ago

      For 6m perhaps just making a 2e yagi is simpler since you’ll only save a trivial amount of width with a moxon.

  • ham_bitiousM
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been thinking of making a 6m moxon, so I’ll be interested to see your design. Those Yagis look great though!