Large Antenna: 36cm x 91cm (14" x 36")

Greetings, everyone!

After reading the fine web pages using Michael Erskine's templates, I
tried my hand at a similar project. The antenna is made of aluminum
flashing and "flat" stock, and measures about 14" x 36" (36cm x 91cm).

Construction details may be found on my web page:

http://www.geocities.com/ab9il_worldwide/wifi.html


It performs quite well, exhibiting good directivity, though being at
the limits for what one can expect from a dipole feed. Experiments are
ongoing with a biquad feed, and indicate that it works better with
larger reflectors.


Regards,
Phil AB9IL

(E-Mail Removed) wrote:
> Greetings, everyone!
>
> After reading the fine web pages using Michael Erskine's templates, I
> tried my hand at a similar project. The antenna is made of aluminum
> flashing and "flat" stock, and measures about 14" x 36" (36cm x 91cm).
>
> Construction details may be found on my web page:
> http://www.geocities.com/ab9il_worldwide/wifi.html
>
> It performs quite well, exhibiting good directivity, though being at
> the limits for what one can expect from a dipole feed. Experiments are
> ongoing with a biquad feed, and indicate that it works better with
> larger reflectors.
>
> Regards,
> Phil AB9IL

I wrote a freeware parabola calculator program that might be useful for
projects of this type.

Mike

mscir wrote:

> I wrote a freeware parabola calculator program that might be useful for
> projects of this type.

but I forgot to include the link, it's here:

http://mscir.tripod.com/parabola/