Jimmie D wrote:

Bryan wrote:
Nelson Blaha wrote:
I'm looking to build a 2m yagi, but I haven't got any money. Can I
make one out of aluminum coat hangers? I also have a 4-foot section of
1" PVC pipe laying around, and glue, tools etc.

Nelson Blaha
Call-sign in the mail

Others presented good ideas. Ya know, an old TV antenna would make a
decent
yagi for 2m, and with people going to cable/satellite TV, you could
probably
find one for nothing or only a few dollars. Remove the elements you
don't
need, cut the remaining elements down to length, do a little rewiring as
needed, connect your feedline, and you're good to go. If you want
vertical
polarization, redrill the boom-to-mast mounting holes 90° from original.

I once did something similar with a 3 element 11m yagi... in about an
hour
or so including tuneup time, I turned it into a gamma-matched 6 element
2m
yagi. I used my VSWR-protected 2m rig's output indicator to indicate
proper
tuning by adjusting for maximum relative forward power.

Bryan WA7PRC



When we got cable in the neighborhood my wife was threateing divorce over
all the TV antennas I would pick up off the curb during trash day.

Jimmie

Hmm... I envision stacked arrays! ;^)
Bryan

"Bryan" wrote in message
...
Jimmie D wrote:

Bryan wrote:
Nelson Blaha wrote:
I'm looking to build a 2m yagi, but I haven't got any money. Can I
make one out of aluminum coat hangers? I also have a 4-foot section
of
1" PVC pipe laying around, and glue, tools etc.

Nelson Blaha
Call-sign in the mail

Others presented good ideas. Ya know, an old TV antenna would make a
decent
yagi for 2m, and with people going to cable/satellite TV, you could
probably
find one for nothing or only a few dollars. Remove the elements you
don't
need, cut the remaining elements down to length, do a little rewiring
as
needed, connect your feedline, and you're good to go. If you want
vertical
polarization, redrill the boom-to-mast mounting holes 90° from
original.

I once did something similar with a 3 element 11m yagi... in about an
hour
or so including tuneup time, I turned it into a gamma-matched 6 element
2m
yagi. I used my VSWR-protected 2m rig's output indicator to indicate
proper
tuning by adjusting for maximum relative forward power.

Bryan WA7PRC



When we got cable in the neighborhood my wife was threateing divorce over
all the TV antennas I would pick up off the curb during trash day.

Jimmie

Hmm... I envision stacked arrays! ;^)
Bryan



I actually did very little with them. I didnt have my ticket yet. I put a
couple up in the attic for local TV that wasnt on cable. Still use them when
a storm takes the cable out.

Ok, here's what I tried. I cut notches in that 4' piece of PVC and cut
clotheshanger wire to the lengths found at this calculator:

http://www.csgnetwork.com/antennae3ycalc.html

This I stuck out my window on an aluminum pole (cinderblock walls are
bad). I'm suspicious of my wiring- I used very thin speaker cable to
connect a ground to the screws on my light switch plate, and to the
coax going into my radio. It doesn't perform half as well as my
current antenna- a mobile 5/8 dipole on the end of some eye-bar with
clothes-hanger groundplane radials. Guess I just need to wait until I
have some real coax, the speaker wire is probably the weak link here?
Maybe I was just pointing this yagi away from the station I was
listening to, I suppose it would be doing its job then!

Checking almost hourly for that license on the internet!

Nelson Blaha

On Jan 21, 11:06 pm, "Jimmie D" wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in messagenews:ItednTY6IOjx3inYnZ2dnUVZ_hmtnZ2d@gigan ews.com...



Jimmie D wrote:

Bryan wrote:
Nelson Blaha wrote:
I'm looking to build a 2m yagi, but I haven't got any money. Can I
make one out of aluminum coat hangers? I also have a 4-foot section
of
1" PVC pipe laying around, and glue, tools etc.

Nelson Blaha
Call-sign in the mail

Others presented good ideas. Ya know, an old TV antenna would make a
decent
yagi for 2m, and with people going to cable/satellite TV, you could
probably
find one for nothing or only a few dollars. Remove the elements you
don't
need, cut the remaining elements down to length, do a little rewiring
as
needed, connect your feedline, and you're good to go. If you want
vertical
polarization, redrill the boom-to-mast mounting holes 90° from
original.

I once did something similar with a 3 element 11m yagi... in about an
hour
or so including tuneup time, I turned it into a gamma-matched 6 element
2m
yagi. I used my VSWR-protected 2m rig's output indicator to indicate
proper
tuning by adjusting for maximum relative forward power.

Bryan WA7PRC

When we got cable in the neighborhood my wife was threateing divorce over
all the TV antennas I would pick up off the curb during trash day.

Jimmie

Hmm... I envision stacked arrays! ;^)
BryanI actually did very little with them. I didnt have my ticket yet. I put a
couple up in the attic for local TV that wasnt on cable. Still use them when
a storm takes the cable out.

"Nelson Blaha" wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm looking to build a 2m yagi, but I haven't got any money. Can I
make one out of aluminum coat hangers? I also have a 4-foot section of
1" PVC pipe laying around, and glue, tools etc.

Nelson Blaha
Call-sign in the mail


Nelson, not about what you were asking but I have only know one other person
that had the Blaha name and he was Swiss. Are you?
Just Curious

Jimmie

My mother is way into the geneology stuff. Blaha is a very common name
in the Czech Republic. I'm glad to have an odd name, I don't know what
I'd do if I were a "Smith" or "Miller"!



On Jan 22, 12:30 pm, "Jimmie D" wrote:
"Nelson Blaha" wrote in oglegroups.com...

I'm looking to build a 2m yagi, but I haven't got any money. Can I
make one out of aluminum coat hangers? I also have a 4-foot section of
1" PVC pipe laying around, and glue, tools etc.

Nelson Blaha
Call-sign in the mailNelson, not about what you were asking but I have only know one other person
that had the Blaha name and he was Swiss. Are you?
Just Curious

Jimmie

Nelson Blaha wrote:
My mother is way into the geneology stuff. Blaha is a very common name
in the Czech Republic. I'm glad to have an odd name, I don't know what
I'd do if I were a "Smith" or "Miller"!


Hmmm, I wonder? ...

Regards,
John SMITH grin

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:50:28 -0800, John Smith I wrote:
Nelson Blaha wrote:
My mother is way into the geneology stuff. Blaha is a very common name
in the Czech Republic. I'm glad to have an odd name, I don't know what
I'd do if I were a "Smith" or "Miller"!

Hmmm, I wonder? ...

Regards,
John SMITH grin

I'll admit to using Trebetowski when making restaurant reservations.

Jonesy
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Yes, there is a way. Look up "Cheap Yagis" with your search engine. You
want WA5VJB's article published by the Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club in
Texas. Great plans. His antennas use eight inch copper tube, but I've known
people to make the antenna with welding rod, so substitutions are possible.

73 and good luck,

Bill Turner, W4WNT

"Nelson Blaha" wrote in message
ups.com...
I'm looking to build a 2m yagi, but I haven't got any money. Can I
make one out of aluminum coat hangers? I also have a 4-foot section of
1" PVC pipe laying around, and glue, tools etc.

Nelson Blaha
Call-sign in the mail

On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:37:49 -0500, W4WNT wrote:

His antennas use eight inch copper tube, but I've known .....

I'd like to see a 2M yagi made with 8" Cu pipe. :-)

here are two links for you to get you on the air fast
and 'on the cheap' ! (but are not Yagi design)

both of these can use copper wire you may already have,
or find in the recycle or trash pile.

half square for 2m (not a yagi but fast and cheap to build direct fed no
match)

http://www.cebik.com/vhf/hs.html

Moxon for 2m (again, not the yagi)

http://www.cebik.com/moxon/moxbld.html

similar gain as a 2 element yagi but takes up less space
and it is direct coax fed so no matching needed !

good luck with the project !

james (also used when making reservations)