Club night – Colin’s 2m Cubical Quad Antenna

Posted by on July 25, 2022 Leave a comment (0) Go to comments

Colin brought in his homemade 4-element cubical quad antenna for the 2m band (144-146MHz) to test and adjust. Luckily the main hall was available so we could set everything up all spaced out and far away from human bodies to get better readings on SWR and sensitivity.

nanoVNA showing SWR of 1.0:1 around 145.050Mhz
Colin kneeling at a chair working with nanoVNA connected to his quad antenna and also a basic dipole antenna for comparison.
Colin adjusting nanoVNA settings to measure antenna

Everyone needs a nanoVNA for testing antennas!

He is now working on a similar antenna for operating on the 4m band (70-70.5MHz).

Club Nights, Equipment Disassembly

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