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Tape-Measure Yagi& Offset Attenuator Building ClassChris Prioli, AD2CS |
chris@ ad2cs.com : www.ad2cs.com
4 + Week Class - Monday, January 15, 2024 @ 1800 Hours
W2MMD Clubhouse
Course Fee : $50.00 Includes all materials & training
If this is something to which you would be willing to commit a series of four Monday evenings, drop me an e-mail and let me know.
Example Only - Not the one that will be actually built
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This 4+ Week Class is about building and testing a directional two-meter antenna and attenuator unit that is perfectly suitable for fox hunting and other 2-meter RDF exercises. I know that we have offered both of these topics before, individually. However, we have not offered the two units together as a combined class topic. I believe that we would get enough enrollment in this program to make it worthwhile to run the class. Here is how it would work :
The class would run for a series of four Monday evenings starting in mid-January.
The student would develop certain skills, as was already mentioned, during this class.
Those skills would include :
If this is something to which you would be willing to commit a series of four Monday evenings, drop me an e-mail and let me know.
If you do not have a fox hunt antenna and/or attenuator for that antenna, or if you want another set-up, this is a great way not only to obtain one, but to build it yourself, have some fun doing it, and learn some new skills along the way.
The class would run for a series of four Monday evenings starting in mid-January.
- A fixed price of $50.00 will include all materials necessary to complete the build.
- A tape-measure three-element Yagi-type directional antenna built on a PVC pipe boom with a rubber hand grip, a capped tube, and 3D-printed plastic fitments for element attachment and element end capping
- A KC9ON 4 MHz Offset Attenuator with BNC connectors and a thirty-inch connecting cable for attachment to a hand-held radio.
The student would develop certain skills, as was already mentioned, during this class.
Those skills would include :
- Electronic Kit Assembly - Parts identification, following directions, and PCB soldering
- Electronics Testing - Use of oscilloscope to check operation of oscillator in attenuator
- Coaxial Cable Handling - Stripping and prepping coax, installing terminals to coaxial cable
- Antenna Physical Layout - Measuring element length, measuring driven element position, and parasitic element spacing
- Antenna Physical Construction - Assembling the component parts into a whole unit
- Antenna Testing - Use of NanoVNA or other antenna analyzer to test the assembled antenna for frequency response
If this is something to which you would be willing to commit a series of four Monday evenings, drop me an e-mail and let me know.
If you do not have a fox hunt antenna and/or attenuator for that antenna, or if you want another set-up, this is a great way not only to obtain one, but to build it yourself, have some fun doing it, and learn some new skills along the way.