Simple $3.00 Ham Radio Antenna-2M Moxon

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Radio amateurs have made antennas from a variety of materials, including, as this video points out, old aluminum camping stools from a discount store.

In this video, "Dude Tested" shows how he converted scrap aluminum into a 2 meter band Moxon Antenna.

The antenna is compact, lightweight, and perfect for field or home station use.

If you can't see the video, please insert this title URL into your browser search box:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpb4dM41_8Q.

Thanks for joining us today.

Russ (KH6JRM/AL0HA).

Here are some comments from "Dude Tested":

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 Dipole - Will It Antenna?   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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