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do I have my antenna fundamentals right?
markus wrote: hi Nelson, yes, it is a lot of work, you could just attach the magmount to any metal object, patio table, metal railing or window a/c unit, etc. Yea, I suppose you could... Arf.... :/ or for a few dollars and less work build a great 2m antenna using #12 thhn wire and a few feet of pvc pipe. With even less work and $$$, he could just build a ground plane using 5 wires and a so-239 or whatever.. this is the half square, works great, it is directional. Probably not what he wants for 2 meters, unless he can steer the pattern. http://cebik.com/vhf/hs.html then you can try this one, the Moxon for 2m, little harder to make but has similar gain to a 2 element yagi in less space and direct fed with 50 ohm coax (like the half square is fed). Antennas are small on 2m.. He could live a little and use 3 elements and have a good bit more gain. But then he has to rotate the thing.. I recommend a easy 1/4 wave ground plane to start. It will work about as well or better as any of the other "easy" vertical whips for 2 meters. Attaching a 2 meter whip to a railing, table, AC unit , etc is going to function in a fairly poor manner. The ground radials need to be resonant to function properly. Would be much better to use 4 simple quarter wave radials. You can slope them down at about 45 degrees to get a better match, and maybe a tiny bit more gain. MK |
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