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CT1HZE installs a 10el 6m 50MHz LFA with a massive 17.8m long boom!
After being impressed by his 7el LFA last summer, CT1HZE chose the 10el LFA and boy, what a beast it is! DL8LAQ, CT1HZE and G0KSC took time out to build the Eantennas version of the 10el...
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Graham, G8HVY has built and installed the two 7 element 4m LFA's I designed for him earlier this year and boy, do they look great!! The well-built duo produce in excess of 16dBi when stacked in this formation so without doubt, Graham will be heard well th...
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Over the last few days I have received several photos of antennas built recently from hams all over the World. Below are a few of the photos sent with the comments of those having built them. It looks like we are keeping ourselves busy for the coming summ...
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EI7BA built and installed the 8 element 144MHz LFA this week using a new method to mount the elements; Electric fence clips! John's antenna looks super professional on the mast yet costs were kept small by use of the 'cheap' element support clips.
The ...
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G0VHF/P today installed 2 x 7 element LFA Yagis in preparation for the RSGB 4M contest on Sunday 4th April. These antennas are an unpublished design which uses 1/2 inch elements throughout and was specially designed for G8HVY as a 2x stack. Named 4C7HVY, ...
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So far 2 more stations this week have completed their LFA Yagis and seem very happy too! 9Y4VU completed this 7el LFA2 (bent reflector for increased F/B) and OE4VIE finishes his 6el LFA ready for the E season!
The 7el LFA2 for 6m at 9Y4VU
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The G0KSC 10/6 Dual band Yagis coming to a store near you!
G0KSC and G8FJG build the first of the next generation 10/6 dual band, interlaced Yagis. The above antenna installed on the tower at G8FJG below a 9el 2M LFA and a 22el 70cms LFA.
With the sun...
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'Ham Work Shop' to be fronted by G0KSC
The editors of antenneX, the popular on-line Ham antenna magazine have asked G0KSC to front the Ham Work Shop section each month. Many projects and basic levels of theory are going to be discussed and explored with ...
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ZS5LA builds the first (known) LFA Plus2 YagiZS5LA finished and installed his 10 element Plus2 LFA Yagi on Saturday 6th January 2009 making this the first confirmed LFA Plus2 built. However, not far behind him is John ZS6JON who has almost completed 2 of ...
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The Yagi reborn for 2010 - OWL Yagi is hereChoosing a Yagi can be quite a dilemma for many hams, if an OWA (Optimised Wideband Array) 50 Ohm Yagi is chosen, good bandwidth is the result along with simple feeding arrangements too. Another added bonus is t...
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The new Tripple Reflector LFA Yagi - Best ever G/T per W/L, Period!I have been spending much of my spare time over the last few months developing a new series of LFA yagis for VHF. Others for UHF will follow in due course. The objective from the outset wa...
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Ron, G8FJG proves the LFA low noise characteristic by building one and comparing with his existing DK7ZB 70cms Yagi.Ron built a DK7ZB 16el 70cms Yagi some time back and was very pleased with the results. However, after reading the LFA story within DUBUS m...
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The Worlds first 70cms LFA Yagi built and tested - Featured in DUBUS 4The G0KSC SC19-70FJG 19 element Yagi for 70cms is now built and tested and what an antenna it is. Many of my desgins now are bespoke designs at the request of amateurs and this one i...
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FORCE 12 produce the first 'bent element' LFA YagiFORCE 12 once again show their commitment and belief in the LFA Yagi by building and proving the first of the LFA2 series Yagis which includes bent elements in order to enhance performance.The version pict...
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In this months RadCom (October/November 2009), the monthly RSGB magazine, Peter Dodd, G3LDO reviews two commercial LFA Yagis provided by Vine antennas. Whilst he reported 'The best patterns he had seen' the real world polar plots showed pattern distorti...
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The full EME 2M LFA Yagi article will appear in DUBUS issue 4 2009 I have been spending a lot of development time recently trying to enhance the performance of LFA arrays with multiple reflector elements. Traditionally, multi-reflectors have been used upo...
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Brain, VK4DDC built the 7.3 Metre long 6 element 50MHz LFA exactly to the same spec as my own. He had these words to say: 'Gooday Justin.......................well here it is , the 7.3M boom antenna on 6 M. I have to say it works exactlty as you plan...
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FORCE 12 inc choose the LFA Yagi to Spearhead New Antenna Range Today (8th September 2009) FORCE 12 inc, A major US based antenna manufacturer based in Texas USA, raised the first pre-production LFA Yagi onto their mast for testing. The Antenna immediatle...
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VK3VG builds a 13 element 144MHz LFATrevor VK3VG reports: 'Hello JustinJust a short note to let you know that I have built and have been using the 13element design you sent me for over 2 months.The antenna works well and seems to be very close to your d...
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The LFA lands in FloridaHarry, KG4HJA used one of the free designs on this site, scaled it up and used it as the basis of his new 10M station. This is the first confirmed home-build of an LFA I have had from the USA and boy, what a job Harry has made of i...
