[amsat-bb] ARRL Antenna book, eggbeater antenna designs

[Pedro Converso]

Hi Devin,

A nice & clear calculation and construction article from ON6JC/LW3HAZ
on eggbeaters is at:

https://jcoppens.com/ant/qfh/calc.en.php

Hope is useful,

73, lu7abf, Pedro

On 5/3/19, Devin L. Ganger via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> Greetings, programs!
>
> I'm looking to work with my son (who will be studying to get his Technician
> license later this month) on building a UHF/VHF pair of eggbeater antennas.
> I've found a few papers online, but does anyone have a good reference to a
> detailed design?
>
> Does the ARRL Antenna book latest edition have any significant coverage of
> eggbeaters at all? I have an older version that has nothing.
>
> Also, most of the designs I see are for a single band. If you're deploying a
> pair for satellite operations, do you simply attach them through a duplexer?
> I have a Diamond MX-72N that I picked up a while ago for using with dual
> Baofengs, but it's been sitting in my drawer since I picked up my TH-D72A.
> It has a 1.6~150MHz lead and a 350~460MHz lead.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers you might have.
>
>
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> Devin L. Ganger (WA7DLG)
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