VK5DJ's YAGI CALCULATOR Yagi design frequency =2400,00 MHz Wavelength =125 mm Parasitic elements fastened to a non-metallic or separated

from boom Folded dipole mounted same as directors and reflector Director/reflector diam =4 mm Radiator diam =4 mm REFLECTOR 60 mm long at boom position = 30 mm (IT = 28,5 mm) RADIATOR Single dipole 56 mm tip to tip, spaced 25 mm from reflector at boom posn 55 mm (IT = 26,5 mm) Folded dipole 57 mm tip to tip, spaced 25 mm from reflector at boom posn 55 mm (IT = 27,0 mm) DIRECTORS Dir Length (no.) (mm) 1 50 2 49 3 48 4 47 5 47 6 46 7 45 8 45 9 44 10 44 11 44 12 43 13 43 14 42 15 42 Spaced Boom position IT (mm) (mm) (mm) 9 64 23,5 22 87 23,0 27 114 22,5 31 145 22,0 35 180 22,0 37 217 21,5 39 257 21,0 41 298 21,0 43 341 20,5 45 386 20,5 47 433 20,5 48 481 20,0 49 530 20,0 49 579 19,5 50 629 19,5 Gain (dBd) -2,2 3,9 6,3 7,8 9,0 9,9 10,7 11,3 11,9 12,4 12,9 13,3 13,6 14,0 14,3 Gain (dBi) -0,1 6,1 8,4 10,0 11,2 12,1 12,8 13,5 14,0 14,6 15,0 15,4 15,8 16,1 16,4

COMMENTS The abbreviation "IT" means "Insert To", it is the construction distance from the element tip to the edge of the boom for through boom mounting Spacings measured centre to centre from previous element Tolerance for element lengths is +/- 0 mm Boom position is the mounting point for each element as measured from the rear of the boom and includes the 30 mm overhang.The total boom length is 659 mm including two overhangs of 30 mm The beam's estimated 3dB beamwidth is 31 deg A half wave 4:1 balun uses 0,70 velocity factor RG-141 (PTFE) and is 44 mm long plus leads FOLDED DIPOLE CONSTRUCTION Measurements are taken from the inside of bends Folded dipole length measured tip to tip = 57mm Total rod length =138mm Centre of rod=69mm Distance BC=CD=16mm Distance HI=GF=14mm Distance HA=GE=33mm Distance HB=GD=53mm Distance HC=GC=69mm Gap at HG=5mm Bend diameter BI=DF=25mm If the folded dipole is considered as a flat plane (see ARRL Antenna Handbook) then its resonant frequency is less than the flat plane algorithm's range of 10:1 B C D /--------------|-------------\ A E

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