In this video I will be showing you how I created a Folded Inverted-Vee Antenna for the 3.5 to 4.0 MHz Amateur Radio 80 meter band.
I will walk you through the whole process so you can create your own for any frequency you choose.
Why do this?
A Folded Dipole or Folded Inverted-Vee antenna has significantly wider bandwidth than its non-folded cousins.
I wanted to increase the bandwidth of my antenna to cover more of the 80m band.
Here is the promised link to the 4NEC2 model:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FN1MGa_MrBdZeNxsne8GzEZysQvG62Y2/view?usp=sharing
Time Markers for Your Convenience
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00:05 Initial Comments & Introductions
01:07 What is an Inverted-Vee Antenna?
01:36 Why use an Inverted-Vee Antenna?
02:14 What are the characteristics of an Inverted-Vee Antenna?
02:45 Why create a Folded Inverted-Vee Antenna?
03:49 How does the current antenna perform?
03:59 Introducing the antenna
04:32 Its performance - the VNA scan results
05:23 Planning the new Antenna
05:27 Starts in 4NEC2 - a Quick Tour of the Model
09:39 The Pieces and Parts
09:45 The Center Support
10:41 The Spreaders
12:19 End Supports, Insulators, Spreaders
12:58 The Wire
14:20 Assembling the Antenna
16:28 Testing & Tuning
17:31 How much wire do I trim to tune?
20:22 The FINAL Performance Results
21:38 Final Comments and Toodle-Oots
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