CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY
1. Compute for the necessary lengths of the elements for the desired operation of frequency For our antenna, we designed it with 5 elements and be able to capture frequencies of broadcast stations in the VHF station particularly channel that operate on the ranges from 174 MHz 216 Mhz (channel 7 13) Determine the upper and lower frequency of your decided band of operation

Compute for the length of the first and last element

Decide for the number of elements of the antenna (N)

Compute for the tau constant of the antenna to determine the periodicity of the operation of the antenna

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Determine the lengths of the other elements

Determine the size of spacing of each element

2. Prepare the materials needed Quantity 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 1 27 1 Material Aluminum Round Tube Aluminum Round Tube Aluminum Round Tube Aluminum Round Tube Aluminum Round Tube Aluminum Square Tube Clamp Balun Transformer Screws Coaxial Cable 1 m long Size 43.1 cm long 40.8 cm long 38.6 cm long 36.6 cm long 34.6 cm long 2ft long

3. Cut the aluminum tubes according to the computed sizes obtained.

4. The aluminum square tube will serve as the boom of the antenna, its size is determined by taking the sum of the spacing of the elements. Drill holes to the aluminum tube, making sure that the hole is just appropriate for the screws to fit in, according to the calculated spacing of the elements.

5. The aluminum round tube will serve as our antenna elements. Next thing we do is to drill holes on the aluminum tube to be able to put screws to lock the antenna in the clamp so that it will held its place in any weather disturbances outdoor.

6. After drilling all the holes, insert the aluminum round tube on the clamp and securing it with the screws.

7. When all the elements have been connected and screwed to the clamp. The next thing to do is to connect the clamp to the antenna boom or aluminum square tube. And then, securing it with crews so It would withstand weather disturbances.

8. After the antenna elements have been setup to the antenna boom, the connections will be made to the elements so it would properly receive signal frequencies. One of the characteristic of the log periodic antenna, is its criss cross connections that allow it to have the capability to capture high frequencies signals.

9. The antenna construction is almost finished. One thing it lacks is the feed point to connect it to the television. For that, we had a balun transformer to match the impedance of our antenna to a coaxial cable that would be directly connected in the television.

10. After the balun transformer is connected to the smallest element, coaxial cable will be connected to it. Then, testing can now be done.

CHAPTER 4

TESTING AND RESULTS(nkalimutan ko anong title neto haha)

Broadcasted Channel Yes No Quality