Hombrew Scanner Question.

[Ishyid]

Hi,

I am in the middle of building my own Yogi antenna, and am stuck. I can't figure out how to attatch the Coax cable to the antenna. I have looked everywere on this site and on others. Can someone please help me out.

Thanks,
Josh

 

[SCPD]

Connections.

Hi,

I am in the middle of building my own Yogi antenna, and am stuck. I can't figure out how to attatch the Coax cable to the antenna. I have looked everywere on this site and on others. Can someone please help me out.

Thanks,
Josh

Sometimes it can be a Bear figuring that out. Don't make a Boo-Boo.

 

[wv8mat]

i sent you back a pm but here the link to the page that i got all my info from, http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45999

 

[SWCOScanner]

sometimes It Can Be A Bear Figuring That Out. Don't Make A Boo-boo.

Rofl!!!!!

 

[prcguy]

Maybe the antenna will resemble a picnic basket.....
prcguy

Sometimes it can be a Bear figuring that out. Don't make a Boo-Boo.

 

[hoser147]

Thats too funny..............

 

[Skypilot007]

I simply attached the center conductor to the top driven element and the sheild to the bottom driven element. This is for receiving only. I do believe a balun will be needed for transmitting, not sure as I haven't attempted to transmit with any of my homebrewed yagi's yet. Here's a pic of how I attached the coax to the drivien elements.

 

[CLTX11]

Here is a thread I started a few weeks ago.


http://www.radioreference.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125163

Hope that helps

 

[AZScanner]

Sometimes it can be a Bear figuring that out. Don't make a Boo-Boo.

Yeah, you'll really cheese off the ranger if you screw it up.

 

[kb2vxa]

Never mind the bear, ask Yogi Berra and you'll get an answer you'll never forget, or maybe never remember. Seriously there are more than one way to "connect the coax" so good luck and hope you don't get confused.

 

[davidmc36]

I simply attached the center conductor to the top driven element and the sheild to the bottom driven element. This is for receiving only. I do believe a balun will be needed for transmitting, not sure as I haven't attempted to transmit with any of my homebrewed yagi's yet. Here's a pic of how I attached the coax to the drivien elements.

That is interesting that you said you should only need a balun for transmit. I was under the impression that you should put one on for recieve too. I made a homebrew yagi a while back for 411ish (the buses in my town) and put one on it. I will have to try it with and without. It was my first yagi and it was sort of funny cause I was not up to speed on the fact that it should be vertically mounted. I just put it the way the broken TV antenna that I salvaged the the parts from was mounted. Didn't get a thing on it, till I posted a picture of it and somebody pointed out my flaw.