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Originally Posted by GroundUrMast
I have built successful antennas based on the design generated by this software... http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=1106
I opted to use a folded dipole as the driven element, and used an off-the-shelf 75/300Ω transformer to couple to the down-lead. |
I seen one of these antennas made from a 2x4 and scrap wire on Youtube. Looks easy. My concern, as an amateur, is tuning it correctly for this single channel 8. Someone above raised the concern that a reflector might be needed.
Even if I construct my simple 31" dipole, I'm not sure of the distance between the two poles.
I can build if I can work from a well thought out design like what I saw on a PDF file here for the 195Mhz, but instead for the 180-186 range.
If I am reading correctly, this program VK5DJ is exactly for that. Just getting a bit over my head.