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About 18 months ago I was reading several articles about the HEX BEAM with great interest, work got in the way along with daily life etc so it was put on the back burner for a while. Around Christmas time 2008 Oliver MW0JRX told me he had bought the kit form from WI3USA. At the time of writing this he has since installed it and is happy with the performance so far. Chris G1VDP then informed me that he was going to make his own homebrew HEX BEAM. Well not wanting to be left out I set about collecting as much info on the antenna as I could with the help of Chris G1VDP, Gordon MM0GPZ (GEEE PEEE ZEEE) and the Yahoo group.
On a recent visit to Rob MW0RLJ’s qth he kindly donated a 3mm aluminum plate along with two KEE Clamps that are needed to fabricate the centre plate that supports the six fiberglass spreaders. Total cost so far zero, thanks Rob
A trip to B&Q one Sunday morning and I had bought all the parts to fabricate the centre post. I have taken some photos to show you how I fabricated the center post. As I build the HEX BEAM more photos will be added.
First Job, drill the holes
Fitting the bolts, this is where the driven ellement will attach to.
Thats all the feedpoints fitted
Ecoflex 10 used for feedpoint coax, this will be weather proofed later
Removable end cap, handy for later inspection and weather proofing, the antenna is fed at this point
Coax feed leaving the centre post
More photos to follow as the project progresses.
73's Ant MW0JZE
73's Ant MW0JZE
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