Our Field Day is coming up, so we decided to build one for the 6 meter band and demonstrate the fun that can be had building and experimenting with antennas!
This is a Moxon antenna and it is a popular directional 2 element beam antenna that takes up less space (70%) than a standard yagi.
Moxon Generator 👉 http://tippete.net/cgi-bin/moxgen.pl
Another SUPER SIMPLE Antenna to Build for 6 Meters! 👉 https://youtu.be/4h7UGNbWmsY
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⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 We're gonna build a Moxon
0:52 What is a Moxon Antenna?
1:55 Bending the aluminium
5:36 Check the element lengths
6:29 Antenna measurements
8:58 Rivet Nuts & Stauff Clamps
10:33 Boom design
11:08 I don't own the Field Day Van
12:28 What balun to use
13:38 Oops...
16:06 It's coming together
17:54 Macgyver it!
18:39 Testing and tuning
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