Yagi Antenna

To build the Yagi Antenna we used:

Aluminium square tube( side: 1cm, length: 1m)- 1 piece
Cylindrical pipe( diam: 8mm, length: 1m)- 2 pieces
Cylindircal aluminium bar( diam: 8mm, length: 1m)- 1 piece
Shielded coaxial cable( impedance: 50ohm, length: 3m)- 1 piece
Metric screws(diam: 3mm, length: 30 mm)- 10 pieces
Metric nuts( diam: 3mm)- 10 pieces
Metric washer(diam: 3mm)- 10 pieces
Technical details:
Yagi design frequency =434.10 MHz
Wavelength =691 mm
Parasitic elements insulated through a square section metal
boom 10 mm across. Folded dipole mounted same as directors
and reflector
Director/reflector diam =8 mm
Radiator diam =8 mm
REFLECTOR
336.7 mm long at boom position = 30 mm (IT = 163.5 mm)
RADIATOR
Folded
dipole
mmBoom
tip toposition
tip, spaced 138Gain
mm from
reflector at boom posn 168 mm (IT = 159.5 mm)
Dir
Length329.3
Spaced
Gain
(no.)
(mm) (mm) (mm)
(dBd) (dBi)
DIRECTOR
1
293.3 51.8
219.9
4.8
6.9
2
3
4

289.5
286.0
282.7

124.3
148.5
172.7

344.2
492.7
665.4

6.5
7.8
8.9

8.6
9.9
11.0

Spacings measured centre to centre from previous element

Tolerance for element lengths is +/- 2 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 889 mm including two overhangs of 30 mm
FOLDED DIPOLE CONSTRUCTION
Measurements are taken from the
inside of bends Folded dipole length
measured tip to tip = 329mm Total rod
length =689mm
Centre of
rod=344mm
Distance
BC=CD=147mm
Distance
HI=GF=142mm
Distance
HA=GE=170mm
Distance
HB=GD=197mm
Distance
HC=GC=344mm
Gap at
HG=10mm

Bend diameter BI=DF=35mm

B
C
D
/--------------|-------------\
A
E
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I
HG
F

http://bcbj.org/antennae/
pdfs/yagi.894.metal.pdf