I made one for 137mHz to decode the NOAA WX says. Easier than it looks. Cost was about $25. I found an online applet that calculates the dimensions and prints a drilling template If your intersted,let me know and I'll dig up the url. (Bookmarked on another computer)
Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org
On March 1, 2016, at 08:56, Eric Christensen eric@christensenplace.us wrote:
On 03/01/2016 10:11 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
I have the UHF model. It lives on a magnet base stuck to the side of the AC air handler in my garage, and I hang my yard work hat on it. It was worse than a 2m 1/4 wave whip on receive on AO-51.
Thanks, Drew (and everyone else that responded). I just need to figure out how to get those M2 yagis up in the air, really.
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