Simple $3.00 Ham Radio Antenna-2M Moxon
Sean does an excellent job of fabricating this antenna from two metal camping chairs picked up at a discount store. His advice on how to tune this experimental antenna is spot on!
This 2M Moxon antenna is perfect for portable or emergency use.
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Here are some comments from Sean (W9FFF):
I had the opportunity to find some old Camping stools from SAVERS, a local thrift store, so I destroyed them and made a Moxon antenna!
I have heard the stories of a Lawn chair dipole and Yagi - (Check out 
• The Lawn Chair Di... for Ham Radio Crash Course's Lawn Chair Dipole) or https://qsysociety.org/2009/01/04/6-m... for a 6 meter lawn chair moxon (This idea is nothing new)
Links referenced:
Antenna Top Moxon build instructions (VERY GOOD INSTRUCTIONS) - These instructions are super easy to understand and the detail that is gone into is not overly complicated : http://www.antentop.org/w4rnl.001/mvh...
Moxon calculator in multiple measurements (Inches, Feet, MM, etc) - http://tippete.net/cgi-bin/moxgen.pl
I forgot to mention why this Moxon really wasn't $3.00:
the metals were $3.00, but nuts and bolts cost me 11.50 cents. I used stainless steel nuts and bolts.
The coax was RG59 which was laying around. The PVC I also had laying around. I would still say this could be built for less than 20.
I will have the spacers available on Thingiverse in the future.
In FULL clarity: My motivation from that spacer came from my Hygain 5 element Yagi, which uses a cool, similar piece. I have a few ideas for the future improvement.
I realize this is a long video, but I wanted to document how i went through this build, in order to help others. I openly admit that I am in pursuit of knowledge every day and I am just as wet behind the ears as most, but I ENJOY this kind of learning and I know others do as well.
Thank You for watching.
• The Lawn Chair Di... for Ham Radio Crash Course's Lawn Chair Dipole) or https://qsysociety.org/2009/01/04/6-m... for a 6 meter lawn chair moxon (This idea is nothing new)
Links referenced:
Antenna Top Moxon build instructions (VERY GOOD INSTRUCTIONS) - These instructions are super easy to understand and the detail that is gone into is not overly complicated : http://www.antentop.org/w4rnl.001/mvh...
Moxon calculator in multiple measurements (Inches, Feet, MM, etc) - http://tippete.net/cgi-bin/moxgen.pl
I forgot to mention why this Moxon really wasn't $3.00:
the metals were $3.00, but nuts and bolts cost me 11.50 cents. I used stainless steel nuts and bolts.
The coax was RG59 which was laying around. The PVC I also had laying around. I would still say this could be built for less than 20.
I will have the spacers available on Thingiverse in the future.
In FULL clarity: My motivation from that spacer came from my Hygain 5 element Yagi, which uses a cool, similar piece. I have a few ideas for the future improvement.
I realize this is a long video, but I wanted to document how i went through this build, in order to help others. I openly admit that I am in pursuit of knowledge every day and I am just as wet behind the ears as most, but I ENJOY this kind of learning and I know others do as well.
Thank You for watching.
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