VK1AD Antenna Projects

13cm 2.4 GHz antennas

• Transverter PCB Yagi RG402 extension
• 13 cm 20el DL6WU Yagi
• 13 cm Bi-Quad
• 13 cm Log Periodic PCB antenna
• 13 cm antenna collection

23cm 1296 MHz antennas

• 23 cm 6el DL6WU Yagi (all brass)
• 23 cm 12el DL6WU Yagi
• 23 cm Bi-Quad
• 23 cm HB9CV 2el Yagi
• 23 cm Log Periodic PCB antenna
• 23 cm 1/4 wave ground plane
• Transverter tripod platform

70cm 432 MHz

• 70cm 432 MHz 7el DL6WU Yagi
• 70cm lightweight portable dipole

2m 144 MHz antennas

• 2m Rectangular Loop with a 50 ohm feed point
• 2m coaxial dipole known as the flower pot antenna
• 2m 4el DL6WU Yagi
• 2m 2el yagi recycled from a VHF TV antenna
• 2m 2el hand-held telescopic yagi
• 2m Halo Loop antenna and gamma match
• 2m lightweight portable telescopic dipole antenna for SOTA
• 2m lightweight portable telescopic dipole antenna #2
• 2m lightweight portable telescopic dipole using a #17 mix toroid
• 2m Slim Jim antenna constructed from 450 ohm feedline
• 2m Slim Jim antenna constructed from 300 ohm TV twin lead (post soon)
• 2m wire dipole antenna
• 2m/70cm duplexer

6m 50 – 52 MHz antenna

• 6m flower pot antenna

10m – 28 MHz antenna

• 10m flowerpot antenna

HF Antennas

• 80m linked dipole
• 40m/20m/15m linked inverted V dipole antenna
• 40 to 15m linked EFHW antenna and LC impedance matching
• 40m center loaded vertical
• 30m linked dipole
• 10m 28 MHz Coaxial Dipole (Flowerpot Antenna)
• 49:1 End Fed Half Wave (EFHW) for 40/20/15/10m bands
• 27 metre random length antenna
• ZS6BKW HF antenna 80m to 10m
• ZSKBKW #2 @ Mt Stromlo
• Trap Dipole using pico traps construction in progress

HF ATU and other impedance matching

• Hombrew L-match coupler
• Hombrew T-match coupler
• Homebrew 4:1 BALUN impedance transformer
• Hombrew 9:1 unun impedance transformer

Squid Pole support for testing antennas at home

• Telescopic Pole support (2017)

Last Update: 10 February 2023