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Build-It: Yagi Antenna Workshop



Antennas - An Overview (Joe, WA8OGS)

Joe, WA8OGS email: gojoe55@gmail.com
21 March, 2019

Build-It Antenna Overview ‎(PP)‎


Build-It #1 Survey Results

Build-It #1 - Survey Results


Balun Overview, and testing baluns (Mike, W8RKO)

4 April, 2019

Balun_Presentation_April_2019


Driven Element Options for VHF/UHF Yagis (Joe, WA8OGS)

18 April, 2019

Driven Element Options for VHF/UHF Yagis-v2


Selecting Your Build-It Yagi (Joe, WA8OGS)

May 2, 2019

Selecting Your VHF/UHF Build-It Yagi and DE Enclosures


Building VHF Yagi - Materials Handout (2 pages)

Building VHF Yagi - Materials Handout


Antenna Modeling Software (Mike. W8RKO)

June 6, 2019

Antenna Modeling Software


References for Antenna Modeling Software

References for Antenna Modeling


Start Building - Hands On (group)

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Tuning & Testing Your Yagi (Tom, N8ZM & group)

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Antenna Gain Measurement (Tom, N8ZM, & group)

[maybe Saturday, 10am - 2pm; include lunch?]

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Antenna, An Overview References

The following links open in new tab:

Antenna Designs, Construction, and More:  http://dg7ybn.de/index.htm
Yagi Antenna Designs:  https://g0ksc.co.uk
Yagi Calculator for DL6WU style yagis for VHF/UHF (2015): http://www.vk5dj.com/yagi.html
"Yagi Antenna Design", by Jim Lawson, W2PV -- No link, this is a textbook to purchase.
"Physical Design of Yagi Antennas":  http://www.realhamradio.com/Download.htm
Yagi Antenna Desigh NBS Technical Note 688: https://tf.nist.gov/general/pdf/451.pdf

Some Yagi Building Videos

KD4MXA - Building a six meter Yagi


KD4MXA - Building a 6 Meter Yagi


1.2 GHz Yagi

1.2 GHz Yagi


Homemade 70cm Yagi Beam Antennas - M0UKD 

Homemade 70cm Yagi Beam Antennas - M0UKD


High Gain TV Yagi

High Gain TV Yagi



Balun Overview and Testing Baluns References

Articles on the web:

Measuring Baluns (common mode):

“A Ham’s Guide to RFI, Ferrites, Baluns, and Audio Interfacing”, Jim Brown, K9YC:  (MUST READ!)
http://audiosystemsgroup.com/RFI-Ham.pdf      (updated January 2019)


“Baluns: what they do and how they do it”, Roy Lewallen, W7EL:
Also published in the ARRL Antenna Compendium, Vol. 1 

Baluns: Good, Bad & Ugly

Baluns 101: Learn just enough to be dangerous!

Don’t wind chokes on RED toroids (powder Iron) by IZ2UUF

“Measurement of Common Mode Chokes fabricated from Type 31 material toroid cores”

G3TXQ's web page talks about common mode chokes and provides information as to why the chokes should be selected such that the "R" value is higher than the "X" value.  He explains why.  
 
 
This explains how he calculated the values.  

YouTube Videos:

These cover various topics on electronics and Ham Radio

W2AEW
https://www.youtube.com/user/w2aew      Click on “Videos” on the menu line.  There are around 300 videos.   One of the best YouTube channels.

TRX Bench
Around 200 videos

EEVBlog  (out of Australia)
Over 1100 videos.   Does a lot of equipment teardowns and evaluations